#BEBE35#BEBE35

#BEBE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.152 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE35
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -15.97, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 66.80, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0506 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.152 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2927, 48.0323, 10.5162)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE35 #3535BE

analogous

#BE7935 #BEBE35 #79BE35

triadic

#BEBE35 #35BEBE #BE35BE

tetradic

#BEBE35 #35BE79 #3535BE #BE3579

square

#BEBE35 #35BE79 #3535BE #BE3579

split-complementary

#BEBE35 #3579BE #7935BE

monochromatic

#5E5E1A #8E8E28 #BEBE35 #D2D25E #DFDF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BEBE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE35

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE35	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.152 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d176',
    500: '#bebe35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe35;
$custom-light: #d5d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77767,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE35

secondary

#8585CA

accent

#48E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE35

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

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