#BEBD57#BEBD57

#BEBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.125 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD57
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -13.31, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 52.54, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0396 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.125 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1542, 48.0315, 16.1181)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD57 #5758BE

analogous

#BE8957 #BEBD57 #8CBE57

triadic

#BEBD57 #57BEBD #BD57BE

tetradic

#BEBD57 #57BE89 #5758BE #BE578C

square

#BEBD57 #57BE89 #5758BE #BE578C

split-complementary

#BEBD57 #578CBE #8957BE

monochromatic

#6F6F2B #9C9B3C #BEBD57 #CFCE83 #E0E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BEBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD57

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD57	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.125 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08a',
    500: '#bebd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd57;
$custom-light: #d4d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.417,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77853,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD57

secondary

#A3A3CE

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD57

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

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