#BEBD53#BEBD53

#BEBD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.129 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD53
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -13.62, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 54.36, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0409 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.129 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9953, 47.9680, 15.2812)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD53 #5354BE

analogous

#BE8753 #BEBD53 #89BE53

triadic

#BEBD53 #53BEBD #BD53BE

tetradic

#BEBD53 #53BE87 #5354BE #BE5389

square

#BEBD53 #53BE87 #5354BE #BE5389

split-complementary

#BEBD53 #5389BE #8753BE

monochromatic

#6D6D29 #9A993A #BEBD53 #CFCE7F #E0DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BEBD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD53

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD53	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)

#CBB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.129 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d087',
    500: '#bebd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd53;
$custom-light: #d4d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77809,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD53

secondary

#9FA0CD

accent

#54D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD53

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

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