#BEBE57#BEBE57

#BEBE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.126 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE57
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -13.82, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 52.97, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.041 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.126 109)
XYZ	xyz(41.3700, 48.4632, 16.1901)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE57 #5757BE

analogous

#BE8B57 #BEBE57 #8BBE57

triadic

#BEBE57 #57BEBE #BE57BE

tetradic

#BEBE57 #57BE8B #5757BE #BE578B

square

#BEBE57 #57BE8B #5757BE #BE578B

split-complementary

#BEBE57 #578BBE #8B57BE

monochromatic

#6F6F2B #9C9C3C #BEBE57 #CFCF83 #E0E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BEBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE57

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE57	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)

#CCB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.126 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18a',
    500: '#bebe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe57;
$custom-light: #d4d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7807,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE57

secondary

#A3A3CE

accent

#54D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE57

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

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