#BEBF42#BEBF42

#BEBF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.144 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBF42
RGB	rgb(190, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -15.79, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 62.38, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0488 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.144 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8507, 48.6032, 12.3827)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBF42 #4342BF

analogous

#BF8142 #BEBF42 #7FBF42

triadic

#BEBF42 #42BEBF #BF42BE

tetradic

#BEBF42 #42BF81 #4342BF #BF427F

square

#BEBF42 #42BF81 #4342BF #BF427F

split-complementary

#BEBF42 #427FBF #8142BF

monochromatic

#646522 #919232 #BEBF42 #CECE70 #DDDE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BEBF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBF42

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBF42	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)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.144 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d27d',
    500: '#bebf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebf42;
$custom-light: #d5d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7808,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBF42

secondary

#9393CA

accent

#4FD950

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBF42

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

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