#BEBE50#BEBE50

#BEBE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.132 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE50
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -14.36, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 56.12, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0433 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.132 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0978, 48.3543, 14.7563)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE50 #5050BE

analogous

#BE8750 #BEBE50 #87BE50

triadic

#BEBE50 #50BEBE #BE50BE

tetradic

#BEBE50 #50BE87 #5050BE #BE5087

square

#BEBE50 #50BE87 #5050BE #BE5087

split-complementary

#BEBE50 #5087BE #8750BE

monochromatic

#6C6C28 #989839 #BEBE50 #CFCF7D #DFDFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BEBE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE50

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE50	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.132 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d185',
    500: '#bebe50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe50;
$custom-light: #d4d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77993,
    "c": 0.13229,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE50

secondary

#9D9DCD

accent

#52D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE50

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

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