#BEBE3A#BEBE3A

#BEBE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.149 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE3A
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -15.72, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 65.03, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0495 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.149 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4138, 48.0807, 11.1538)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE3A #3A3ABE

analogous

#BE7C3A #BEBE3A #7CBE3A

triadic

#BEBE3A #3ABEBE #BE3ABE

tetradic

#BEBE3A #3ABE7C #3A3ABE #BE3A7C

square

#BEBE3A #3ABE7C #3A3ABE #BE3A7C

split-complementary

#BEBE3A #3A7CBE #7C3ABE

monochromatic

#60601D #8F8F2C #BEBE3A #D0D065 #DEDE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BEBE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE3A

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE3A	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.149 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d179',
    500: '#bebe3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe3a;
$custom-light: #d5d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77801,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE3A

secondary

#8A8ACA

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE3A

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

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