#BEBE53#BEBE53

#BEBE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.130 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE53
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -14.13, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 54.78, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0423 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.13 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2111, 48.3997, 15.3531)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE53 #5353BE

analogous

#BE8853 #BEBE53 #88BE53

triadic

#BEBE53 #53BEBE #BE53BE

tetradic

#BEBE53 #53BE88 #5353BE #BE5388

square

#BEBE53 #53BE88 #5353BE #BE5388

split-complementary

#BEBE53 #5388BE #8853BE

monochromatic

#6D6D29 #9A9A3A #BEBE53 #CFCF7F #E0E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BEBE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE53

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE53	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)

#CCB748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.130 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d187',
    500: '#bebe53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe53;
$custom-light: #d4d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78025,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE53

secondary

#9F9FCD

accent

#53D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE53

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

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