#BEBE37#BEBE37

#BEBE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.151 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE37
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -15.87, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 66.11, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0502 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.151 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3397, 48.0511, 10.7635)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE37 #3737BE

analogous

#BE7A37 #BEBE37 #7ABE37

triadic

#BEBE37 #37BEBE #BE37BE

tetradic

#BEBE37 #37BE7A #3737BE #BE377A

square

#BEBE37 #37BE7A #3737BE #BE377A

split-complementary

#BEBE37 #377ABE #7A37BE

monochromatic

#5F5F1C #8F8F29 #BEBE37 #D1D161 #DFDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BEBE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE37

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE37	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)

#CDB61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.151 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d177',
    500: '#bebe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe37;
$custom-light: #d5d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7778,
    "c": 0.15075,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE37

secondary

#8787CA

accent

#49DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE37

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

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