#BEBE61#BEBE61

#BEBE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.116 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE61
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -12.96, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 48.30, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0375 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.116 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8073, 48.6381, 18.4927)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE61 #6161BE

analogous

#BE9061 #BEBE61 #90BE61

triadic

#BEBE61 #61BEBE #BE61BE

tetradic

#BEBE61 #61BE90 #6161BE #BE6190

square

#BEBE61 #61BE90 #6161BE #BE6190

split-complementary

#BEBE61 #6190BE #9061BE

monochromatic

#757530 #A0A042 #BEBE61 #D0D08C #E2E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BEBE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE61

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE61	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.116 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d190',
    500: '#bebe61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe61;
$custom-light: #d3d190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78192,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE61

secondary

#AAAAD1

accent

#56D256

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE61

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

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