#BEBD5A#BEBD5A

#BEBD5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.122 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD5A
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 52.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -13.06, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 51.16, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0386 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.122 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2793, 48.0816, 16.7771)
Luminance	0.4808 (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

#BEBD5A #5A5BBE

analogous

#BE8B5A #BEBD5A #8DBE5A

triadic

#BEBD5A #5ABEBD #BD5ABE

tetradic

#BEBD5A #5ABE8B #5A5BBE #BE5A8D

square

#BEBD5A #5ABE8B #5A5BBE #BE5A8D

split-complementary

#BEBD5A #5A8DBE #8B5ABE

monochromatic

#71702D #9D9C3E #BEBD5A #CFCF86 #E1E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BEBD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD5A

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD5A	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.122 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08b',
    500: '#bebd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd5a;
$custom-light: #d4d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77889,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD5A

secondary

#A5A5CF

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD5A

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

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