#BEBD5B#BEBD5B

#BEBD5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.121 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD5B
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -12.98, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 50.69, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0382 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.121 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3222, 48.0987, 17.0027)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD5B #5B5CBE

analogous

#BE8C5B #BEBD5B #8DBE5B

triadic

#BEBD5B #5BBEBD #BD5BBE

tetradic

#BEBD5B #5BBE8C #5B5CBE #BE5B8D

square

#BEBD5B #5BBE8C #5B5CBE #BE5B8D

split-complementary

#BEBD5B #5B8DBE #8C5BBE

monochromatic

#72712D #9D9C3E #BEBD5B #CFCF87 #E1E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BEBD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD5B

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD5B	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)

#CAB652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.121 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08c',
    500: '#bebd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd5b;
$custom-light: #d4d08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77901,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD5B

secondary

#A6A6CF

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD5B

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

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