#BEBE41#BEBE41

#BEBE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.144 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE41
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -15.34, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 62.38, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0477 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.144 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6041, 48.1569, 12.1563)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE41 #4141BE

analogous

#BE8041 #BEBE41 #80BE41

triadic

#BEBE41 #41BEBE #BE41BE

tetradic

#BEBE41 #41BE80 #4141BE #BE4180

square

#BEBE41 #41BE80 #4141BE #BE4180

split-complementary

#BEBE41 #417FBE #7F41BE

monochromatic

#636322 #909031 #BEBE41 #CECE6F #DDDD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BEBE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE41

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE41	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)

#CDB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.144 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17c',
    500: '#bebe41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe41;
$custom-light: #d5d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77854,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE41

secondary

#9191C9

accent

#4FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE41

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

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