#BEBE4E#BEBE4E

#BEBE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.134 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE4E
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -14.50, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 56.99, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0439 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.134 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0250, 48.3252, 14.3729)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE4E #4E4EBE

analogous

#BE864E #BEBE4E #86BE4E

triadic

#BEBE4E #4EBEBE #BE4EBE

tetradic

#BEBE4E #4EBE86 #4E4EBE #BE4E86

square

#BEBE4E #4EBE86 #4E4EBE #BE4E86

split-complementary

#BEBE4E #4E86BE #864EBE

monochromatic

#6A6A27 #979738 #BEBE4E #CECE7B #DFDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BEBE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE4E

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE4E	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)

#CCB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.134 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d184',
    500: '#bebe4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe4e;
$custom-light: #d4d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77973,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE4E

secondary

#9C9CCC

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE4E

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

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