#BEBE56#BEBE56

#BEBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.127 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE56
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -13.90, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 53.43, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0414 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.127 109)
XYZ	xyz(41.3295, 48.4470, 15.9764)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE56 #5656BE

analogous

#BE8A56 #BEBE56 #8ABE56

triadic

#BEBE56 #56BEBE #BE56BE

tetradic

#BEBE56 #56BE8A #5656BE #BE568A

square

#BEBE56 #56BE8A #5656BE #BE568A

split-complementary

#BEBE56 #568ABE #8A56BE

monochromatic

#6F6F2B #9B9B3C #BEBE56 #CFCF82 #E0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BEBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE56

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE56	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	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)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.127 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d189',
    500: '#bebe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe56;
$custom-light: #d4d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78058,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE56

secondary

#A2A2CE

accent

#54D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE56

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

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