#BEBE40#BEBE40

#BEBE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.145 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE40
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -15.40, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 62.77, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.048 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.145 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5754, 48.1454, 12.0051)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE40 #4040BE

analogous

#BE7F40 #BEBE40 #7FBE40

triadic

#BEBE40 #40BEBE #BE40BE

tetradic

#BEBE40 #40BE7F #4040BE #BE407F

square

#BEBE40 #40BE7F #4040BE #BE407F

split-complementary

#BEBE40 #407FBE #7F40BE

monochromatic

#626221 #909031 #BEBE40 #CECE6D #DDDD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BEBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE40

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE40	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.145 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17c',
    500: '#bebe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe40;
$custom-light: #d5d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77846,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE40

secondary

#9090C9

accent

#4FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE40

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

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