#BEBD51#BEBD51

#BEBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.130 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD51
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -13.77, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 55.25, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0415 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.13 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9192, 47.9375, 14.8804)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD51 #5152BE

analogous

#BE8751 #BEBD51 #88BE51

triadic

#BEBD51 #51BEBD #BD51BE

tetradic

#BEBD51 #51BE87 #5152BE #BE5188

square

#BEBD51 #51BE87 #5152BE #BE5188

split-complementary

#BEBD51 #5188BE #8751BE

monochromatic

#6C6C28 #999839 #BEBD51 #CFCE7E #DFDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BEBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD51

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD51	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.130 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d086',
    500: '#bebd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd51;
$custom-light: #d4d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.45,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77787,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD51

secondary

#9E9ECD

accent

#54D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD51

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

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