#BEBE52#BEBE52

#BEBE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.131 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE52
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -14.21, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 55.23, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0427 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.131 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1728, 48.3843, 15.1512)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE52 #5252BE

analogous

#BE8852 #BEBE52 #88BE52

triadic

#BEBE52 #52BEBE #BE52BE

tetradic

#BEBE52 #52BE88 #5252BE #BE5288

square

#BEBE52 #52BE88 #5252BE #BE5288

split-complementary

#BEBE52 #5288BE #8852BE

monochromatic

#6D6D29 #99993A #BEBE52 #CFCF7E #DFDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BEBE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE52

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE52	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.131 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d186',
    500: '#bebe52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe52;
$custom-light: #d4d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78014,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE52

secondary

#9F9FCD

accent

#53D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE52

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

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