#BEBE5A#BEBE5A

#BEBE5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.123 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE5A
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -13.57, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 51.59, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.04 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.123 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4952, 48.5133, 16.8490)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE5A #5A5ABE

analogous

#BE8C5A #BEBE5A #8CBE5A

triadic

#BEBE5A #5ABEBE #BE5ABE

tetradic

#BEBE5A #5ABE8C #5A5ABE #BE5A8C

square

#BEBE5A #5ABE8C #5A5ABE #BE5A8C

split-complementary

#BEBE5A #5A8CBE #8C5ABE

monochromatic

#71712D #9D9D3E #BEBE5A #CFCF86 #E1E1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BEBE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE5A

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE5A	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)

#CBB750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.123 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18c',
    500: '#bebe5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe5a;
$custom-light: #d4d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78105,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE5A

secondary

#A5A5CF

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE5A

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

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