#BEBE49#BEBE49

#BEBE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.138 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE49
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -14.84, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 59.13, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0454 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.138 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8525, 48.2562, 13.4644)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE49 #4949BE

analogous

#BE8449 #BEBE49 #84BE49

triadic

#BEBE49 #49BEBE #BE49BE

tetradic

#BEBE49 #49BE84 #4949BE #BE4984

square

#BEBE49 #49BE84 #4949BE #BE4984

split-complementary

#BEBE49 #4984BE #8449BE

monochromatic

#686825 #959535 #BEBE49 #CECE76 #DEDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BEBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE49

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE49	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.138 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d181',
    500: '#bebe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe49;
$custom-light: #d4d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77924,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE49

secondary

#9898CB

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE49

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

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