#BEBE55#BEBE55

#BEBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.128 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE55
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -13.98, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 53.88, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0417 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.128 109)
XYZ	xyz(41.2895, 48.4310, 15.7657)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE55 #5555BE

analogous

#BE8A55 #BEBE55 #8ABE55

triadic

#BEBE55 #55BEBE #BE55BE

tetradic

#BEBE55 #55BE8A #5555BE #BE558A

square

#BEBE55 #55BE8A #5555BE #BE558A

split-complementary

#BEBE55 #558ABE #8A55BE

monochromatic

#6E6E2A #9B9B3B #BEBE55 #CFCF81 #E0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BEBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE55

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE55	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.128 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d188',
    500: '#bebe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe55;
$custom-light: #d4d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78047,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.4843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE55

secondary

#A1A1CE

accent

#53D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE55

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

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