#BEBE36#BEBE36

#BEBE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.151 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE36
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -15.92, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 66.46, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0504 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.151 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3160, 48.0416, 10.6386)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE36 #3636BE

analogous

#BE7A36 #BEBE36 #7ABE36

triadic

#BEBE36 #36BEBE #BE36BE

tetradic

#BEBE36 #36BE7A #3636BE #BE367A

square

#BEBE36 #36BE7A #3636BE #BE367A

split-complementary

#BEBE36 #367ABE #7A36BE

monochromatic

#5F5F1B #8E8E28 #BEBE36 #D2D260 #DFDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BEBE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE36

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE36	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)

#CDB61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.151 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d177',
    500: '#bebe36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe36;
$custom-light: #d5d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77773,
    "c": 0.15136,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE36

secondary

#8686CA

accent

#49DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE36

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

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