#BEBE59#BEBE59

#BEBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.124 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE59
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -13.65, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 52.06, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0403 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.124 109)
XYZ	xyz(41.4529, 48.4964, 16.6264)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE59 #5959BE

analogous

#BE8C59 #BEBE59 #8CBE59

triadic

#BEBE59 #59BEBE #BE59BE

tetradic

#BEBE59 #59BE8C #5959BE #BE598C

square

#BEBE59 #59BE8C #5959BE #BE598C

split-complementary

#BEBE59 #598CBE #8C59BE

monochromatic

#71712C #9D9D3D #BEBE59 #CFCF85 #E0E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BEBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE59

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE59	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.124 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18b',
    500: '#bebe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe59;
$custom-light: #d4d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78093,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE59

secondary

#A4A4CF

accent

#54D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE59

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

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