#BEBE3B#BEBE3B

#BEBE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.148 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE3B
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -15.67, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 64.66, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0492 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.148 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4395, 48.0910, 11.2891)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE3B #3B3BBE

analogous

#BE7D3B #BEBE3B #7DBE3B

triadic

#BEBE3B #3BBEBE #BE3BBE

tetradic

#BEBE3B #3BBE7D #3B3BBE #BE3B7D

square

#BEBE3B #3BBE7D #3B3BBE #BE3B7D

split-complementary

#BEBE3B #3B7DBE #7D3BBE

monochromatic

#61611E #8F8F2C #BEBE3B #D0D067 #DEDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BEBE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE3B

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE3B	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)

#CDB626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.148 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d179',
    500: '#bebe3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe3b;
$custom-light: #d5d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77808,
    "c": 0.14823,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE3B

secondary

#8B8BCA

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE3B

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

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