#BEBD55#BEBD55

#BEBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.127 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD55
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -13.47, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 53.46, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0402 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.127 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0736, 47.9993, 15.6937)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD55 #5556BE

analogous

#BE8955 #BEBD55 #8BBE55

triadic

#BEBD55 #55BEBD #BD55BE

tetradic

#BEBD55 #55BE89 #5556BE #BE558B

square

#BEBD55 #55BE89 #5556BE #BE558B

split-complementary

#BEBD55 #558BBE #8955BE

monochromatic

#6E6E2A #9B9A3B #BEBD55 #CFCE81 #E0DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BEBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD55

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD55	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.127 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d088',
    500: '#bebd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd55;
$custom-light: #d4d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.429,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77831,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD55

secondary

#A1A1CE

accent

#55D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD55

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

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