#BEBF40#BEBF40

#BEBF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.146 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBF40
RGB	rgb(190, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -15.90, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 63.16, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0494 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.146 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7928, 48.5801, 12.0775)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBF40 #4140BF

analogous

#BF8040 #BEBF40 #7FBF40

triadic

#BEBF40 #40BEBF #BF40BE

tetradic

#BEBF40 #40BF80 #4140BF #BF407F

square

#BEBF40 #40BF80 #4140BF #BF407F

split-complementary

#BEBF40 #407FBF #8040BF

monochromatic

#636321 #909131 #BEBF40 #CECE6E #DDDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BEBF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBF40

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBF40	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.146 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d27c',
    500: '#bebf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebf40;
$custom-light: #d5d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.472,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78064,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBF40

secondary

#9191CA

accent

#4ED950

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBF40

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

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