#BEBD66#BEBD66

#BEBD66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.110 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD66
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 46.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -11.98, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 45.44, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0342 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.11 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8319, 48.3026, 19.6875)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD66 #6667BE

analogous

#BE9166 #BEBD66 #93BE66

triadic

#BEBD66 #66BEBD #BD66BE

tetradic

#BEBD66 #66BE91 #6667BE #BE6693

square

#BEBD66 #66BE91 #6667BE #BE6693

split-complementary

#BEBD66 #6693BE #9166BE

monochromatic

#777633 #A2A145 #BEBD66 #D0D091 #E2E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BEBD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD66

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD66	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B75F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.110 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d093',
    500: '#bebd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd66;
$custom-light: #d3d093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.318,
    "s": 40.367,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78044,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD66

secondary

#AEAED2

accent

#59D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD66

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

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