#BEBF37#BEBF37

#BEBF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.152 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBF37
RGB	rgb(190, 191, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -16.38, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 66.49, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0516 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.152 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5570, 48.4858, 10.8360)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBF37 #3837BF

analogous

#BF7C37 #BEBF37 #7ABF37

triadic

#BEBF37 #37BEBF #BF37BE

tetradic

#BEBF37 #37BF7C #3837BF #BF377A

square

#BEBF37 #37BF7C #3837BF #BF377A

split-complementary

#BEBF37 #377ABF #7C37BF

monochromatic

#5F601C #8F8F29 #BEBF37 #D1D262 #DFDF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BEBF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBF37

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBF37	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)

#CEB71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 191, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.152 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d277',
    500: '#bebf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebf37;
$custom-light: #d5d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBF37

secondary

#8888CA

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBF37

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

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