#BEBD59#BEBD59

#BEBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.123 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD59
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -13.14, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 51.62, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0389 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.123 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2370, 48.0647, 16.5544)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD59 #595ABE

analogous

#BE8B59 #BEBD59 #8DBE59

triadic

#BEBD59 #59BEBD #BD59BE

tetradic

#BEBD59 #59BE8B #595ABE #BE598D

square

#BEBD59 #59BE8B #595ABE #BE598D

split-complementary

#BEBD59 #598DBE #8B59BE

monochromatic

#71702C #9D9C3D #BEBD59 #CFCE85 #E0E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BEBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD59

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD59	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)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.123 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08b',
    500: '#bebd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd59;
$custom-light: #d4d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.406,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77877,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD59

secondary

#A4A5CF

accent

#56D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD59

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

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