#BEBD56#BEBD56

#BEBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.126 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD56
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -13.39, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 53.00, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0399 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.126 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1136, 48.0153, 15.9044)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD56 #5657BE

analogous

#BE8956 #BEBD56 #8BBE56

triadic

#BEBD56 #56BEBD #BD56BE

tetradic

#BEBD56 #56BE89 #5657BE #BE568B

square

#BEBD56 #56BE89 #5657BE #BE568B

split-complementary

#BEBD56 #568BBE #8956BE

monochromatic

#6F6E2B #9B9A3C #BEBD56 #CFCE82 #E0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BEBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD56

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD56	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)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.126 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d089',
    500: '#bebd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd56;
$custom-light: #d4d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.423,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77842,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD56

secondary

#A2A2CE

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD56

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

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