#BEBE5C#BEBE5C

#BEBE5C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.121 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE5C
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 51.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -13.40, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 50.66, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0393 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.121 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5814, 48.5478, 17.3034)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE5C #5C5CBE

analogous

#BE8D5C #BEBE5C #8DBE5C

triadic

#BEBE5C #5CBEBE #BE5CBE

tetradic

#BEBE5C #5CBE8D #5C5CBE #BE5C8D

square

#BEBE5C #5CBE8D #5C5CBE #BE5C8D

split-complementary

#BEBE5C #5C8DBE #8D5CBE

monochromatic

#72722E #9E9E3F #BEBE5C #CFCF88 #E1E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BEBE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE5C

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE5C	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.121 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18d',
    500: '#bebe5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe5c;
$custom-light: #d4d18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.982,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78129,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE5C

secondary

#A6A6CF

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE5C

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

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