#BEBE38#BEBE38

#BEBE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.150 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE38
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -15.82, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 65.75, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.05 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.15 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3639, 48.0608, 10.8910)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE38 #3838BE

analogous

#BE7B38 #BEBE38 #7BBE38

triadic

#BEBE38 #38BEBE #BE38BE

tetradic

#BEBE38 #38BE7B #3838BE #BE387B

square

#BEBE38 #38BE7B #3838BE #BE387B

split-complementary

#BEBE38 #387BBE #7B38BE

monochromatic

#5F5F1C #8F8F2A #BEBE38 #D1D162 #DFDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BEBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE38

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE38	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)

#CDB621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.150 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d178',
    500: '#bebe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe38;
$custom-light: #d5d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77787,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE38

secondary

#8888CA

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE38

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

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