#BEBE44#BEBE44

#BEBE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.142 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE44
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -15.16, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 61.18, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0469 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.142 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6934, 48.1926, 12.6262)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE44 #4444BE

analogous

#BE8144 #BEBE44 #81BE44

triadic

#BEBE44 #44BEBE #BE44BE

tetradic

#BEBE44 #44BE81 #4444BE #BE4481

square

#BEBE44 #44BE81 #4444BE #BE4481

split-complementary

#BEBE44 #4481BE #8144BE

monochromatic

#656523 #929233 #BEBE44 #CECE71 #DEDE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BEBE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE44

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE44	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.142 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17e',
    500: '#bebe44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe44;
$custom-light: #d5d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77879,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE44

secondary

#9494CA

accent

#50D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE44

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

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