#BEBE45#BEBE45

#BEBE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.141 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE45
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -15.10, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 60.78, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0466 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.141 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7241, 48.2049, 12.7883)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE45 #4545BE

analogous

#BE8145 #BEBE45 #81BE45

triadic

#BEBE45 #45BEBE #BE45BE

tetradic

#BEBE45 #45BE81 #4545BE #BE4581

square

#BEBE45 #45BE81 #4545BE #BE4581

split-complementary

#BEBE45 #4581BE #8145BE

monochromatic

#656523 #939333 #BEBE45 #CECE72 #DEDEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BEBE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE45

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE45	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)

#CDB635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.141 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17f',
    500: '#bebe45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe45;
$custom-light: #d5d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77888,
    "c": 0.14118,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE45

secondary

#9595CA

accent

#50D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE45

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

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