#BEBE5D#BEBE5D

#BEBE5D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.120 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE5D
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 51.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -13.32, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 50.19, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.039 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.12 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6254, 48.5654, 17.5351)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE5D #5D5DBE

analogous

#BE8D5D #BEBE5D #8DBE5D

triadic

#BEBE5D #5DBEBE #BE5DBE

tetradic

#BEBE5D #5DBE8D #5D5DBE #BE5D8D

square

#BEBE5D #5DBE8D #5D5DBE #BE5D8D

split-complementary

#BEBE5D #5D8DBE #8D5DBE

monochromatic

#73732E #9E9E40 #BEBE5D #D0D089 #E1E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BEBE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE5D

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE5D	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)

#CBB754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.120 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18d',
    500: '#bebe5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe5d;
$custom-light: #d4d18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.731,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78141,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE5D

secondary

#A7A7D0

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE5D

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

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