#BEBE4D#BEBE4D

#BEBE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.135 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE4D
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -14.57, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 57.42, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0442 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.135 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9894, 48.3110, 14.1855)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE4D #4D4DBE

analogous

#BE864D #BEBE4D #86BE4D

triadic

#BEBE4D #4DBEBE #BE4DBE

tetradic

#BEBE4D #4DBE86 #4D4DBE #BE4D86

square

#BEBE4D #4DBE86 #4D4DBE #BE4D86

split-complementary

#BEBE4D #4D86BE #864DBE

monochromatic

#6A6A27 #979737 #BEBE4D #CECE7A #DFDFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BEBE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE4D

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE4D	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)

#CCB740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.135 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d183',
    500: '#bebe4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe4d;
$custom-light: #d4d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77963,
    "c": 0.13484,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE4D

secondary

#9B9BCC

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE4D

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

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