#BEBE4B#BEBE4B

#BEBE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.136 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE4B
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -14.71, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 58.28, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0449 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.136 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9199, 48.2832, 13.8193)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE4B #4B4BBE

analogous

#BE854B #BEBE4B #85BE4B

triadic

#BEBE4B #4BBEBE #BE4BBE

tetradic

#BEBE4B #4BBE85 #4B4BBE #BE4B85

square

#BEBE4B #4BBE85 #4B4BBE #BE4B85

split-complementary

#BEBE4B #4B85BE #854BBE

monochromatic

#696926 #969636 #BEBE4B #CECE78 #DEDEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BEBE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE4B

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE4B	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.136 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d182',
    500: '#bebe4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe4b;
$custom-light: #d4d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77943,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE4B

secondary

#9999CC

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE4B

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

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