#BEBD74#BEBD74

#BEBD74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.095 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD74
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 116)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 38.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -10.52, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 38.48, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0288 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.095 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5858, 48.6042, 23.6578)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD74 #7475BE

analogous

#BE9874 #BEBD74 #9ABE74

triadic

#BEBD74 #74BEBD #BD74BE

tetradic

#BEBD74 #74BE98 #7475BE #BE749A

square

#BEBD74 #74BE98 #7475BE #BE749A

split-complementary

#BEBD74 #749ABE #9874BE

monochromatic

#7D7C3A #A7A64E #BEBD74 #D2D19E #E5E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BEBD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD74

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD74	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)

#C8B76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.095 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d09d',
    500: '#bebd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd74;
$custom-light: #d3d09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78256,
    "c": 0.09475,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD74

secondary

#B9B9D5

accent

#5DCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD74

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

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