#BEBD72#BEBD72

#BEBD72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.097 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD72
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 40%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -10.74, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 39.49, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0296 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.097 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4707, 48.5581, 23.0517)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD72 #7273BE

analogous

#BE9772 #BEBD72 #99BE72

triadic

#BEBD72 #72BEBD #BD72BE

tetradic

#BEBD72 #72BE97 #7273BE #BE7299

square

#BEBD72 #72BE97 #7273BE #BE7299

split-complementary

#BEBD72 #7299BE #9772BE

monochromatic

#7C7B39 #A6A54D #BEBD72 #D1D19C #E5E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BEBD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD72

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD72	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.097 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d09b',
    500: '#bebd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd72;
$custom-light: #d3d09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78224,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD72

secondary

#B7B8D5

accent

#5CCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD72

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

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