#BEBE46#BEBE46

#BEBE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.140 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE46
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -15.04, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 60.37, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0463 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.14 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7554, 48.2174, 12.9532)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE46 #4646BE

analogous

#BE8246 #BEBE46 #82BE46

triadic

#BEBE46 #46BEBE #BE46BE

tetradic

#BEBE46 #46BE82 #4646BE #BE4682

square

#BEBE46 #46BE82 #4646BE #BE4682

split-complementary

#BEBE46 #4682BE #8246BE

monochromatic

#666624 #939334 #BEBE46 #CECE73 #DEDEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BEBE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE46

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE46	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)

#CDB637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.140 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17f',
    500: '#bebe46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe46;
$custom-light: #d5d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77897,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE46

secondary

#9595CA

accent

#50D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE46

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

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