#BEBD4E#BEBD4E

#BEBD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.133 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD4E
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -13.99, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 56.57, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0425 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.133 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8092, 47.8935, 14.3009)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD4E #4E4FBE

analogous

#BE854E #BEBD4E #87BE4E

triadic

#BEBD4E #4EBEBD #BD4EBE

tetradic

#BEBD4E #4EBE85 #4E4FBE #BE4E87

square

#BEBD4E #4EBE85 #4E4FBE #BE4E87

split-complementary

#BEBD4E #4E87BE #854EBE

monochromatic

#6A6A27 #979638 #BEBD4E #CECE7B #DFDEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEBD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BEBD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD4E

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD4E	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.133 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d084',
    500: '#bebd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd4e;
$custom-light: #d4d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.464,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77756,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD4E

secondary

#9C9CCC

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD4E

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

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