#BEBD70#BEBD70

#BEBD70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.099 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD70
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 112)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 41.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -10.96, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 40.49, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0304 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.099 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3581, 48.5131, 22.4587)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD70 #7071BE

analogous

#BE9670 #BEBD70 #98BE70

triadic

#BEBD70 #70BEBD #BD70BE

tetradic

#BEBD70 #70BE96 #7071BE #BE7098

square

#BEBD70 #70BE96 #7071BE #BE7098

split-complementary

#BEBD70 #7098BE #9670BE

monochromatic

#7B7B38 #A6A44B #BEBD70 #D1D09A #E4E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BEBD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD70

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD70	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.099 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d09a',
    500: '#bebd70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd70;
$custom-light: #d3d09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78192,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD70

secondary

#B6B6D4

accent

#5CCD5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD70

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

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