#BEBE42#BEBE42

#BEBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.143 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE42
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -15.28, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 61.98, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0474 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.143 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6334, 48.1686, 12.3102)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE42 #4242BE

analogous

#BE8042 #BEBE42 #80BE42

triadic

#BEBE42 #42BEBE #BE42BE

tetradic

#BEBE42 #42BE80 #4242BE #BE4280

square

#BEBE42 #42BE80 #4242BE #BE4280

split-complementary

#BEBE42 #4280BE #8042BE

monochromatic

#636322 #919132 #BEBE42 #CECE70 #DDDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BEBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE42

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE42	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.143 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17d',
    500: '#bebe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe42;
$custom-light: #d5d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77863,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE42

secondary

#9292CA

accent

#4FD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE42

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

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