#BEBD4B#BEBD4B

#BEBD4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.135 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD4B
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -14.20, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 57.87, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0434 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.135 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7040, 47.8515, 13.7473)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD4B #4B4CBE

analogous

#BE844B #BEBD4B #86BE4B

triadic

#BEBD4B #4BBEBD #BD4BBE

tetradic

#BEBD4B #4BBE84 #4B4CBE #BE4B86

square

#BEBD4B #4BBE84 #4B4CBE #BE4B86

split-complementary

#BEBD4B #4B86BE #844BBE

monochromatic

#696826 #969536 #BEBD4B #CECD78 #DEDEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEBD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BEBD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD4B

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD4B	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.135 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d082',
    500: '#bebd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd4b;
$custom-light: #d4d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77726,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD4B

secondary

#999ACC

accent

#52D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD4B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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