#BEBD73#BEBD73

#BEBD73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.096 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD73
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 39.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -10.63, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 38.98, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0292 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.096 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5279, 48.5810, 23.3531)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD73 #7374BE

analogous

#BE9873 #BEBD73 #9ABE73

triadic

#BEBD73 #73BEBD #BD73BE

tetradic

#BEBD73 #73BE98 #7374BE #BE739A

square

#BEBD73 #73BE98 #7374BE #BE739A

split-complementary

#BEBD73 #739ABE #9873BE

monochromatic

#7D7C3A #A6A54D #BEBD73 #D1D19D #E5E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BEBD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD73

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD73	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.096 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d09c',
    500: '#bebd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd73;
$custom-light: #d3d09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7824,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD73

secondary

#B8B8D5

accent

#5DCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD73

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

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