#BEBF59#BEBF59

#BEBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.125 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBF59
RGB	rgb(190, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -14.16, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 52.49, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0418 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.125 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6702, 48.9310, 16.6988)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBF59 #5A59BF

analogous

#BF8D59 #BEBF59 #8BBF59

triadic

#BEBF59 #59BEBF #BF59BE

tetradic

#BEBF59 #59BF8D #5A59BF #BF598B

square

#BEBF59 #59BF8D #5A59BF #BF598B

split-complementary

#BEBF59 #598BBF #8D59BF

monochromatic

#71722C #9D9E3D #BEBF59 #CFD085 #E1E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BEBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BEBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBF59

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBF59	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.125 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d28b',
    500: '#bebf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebf59;
$custom-light: #d4d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.588,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78309,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBF59

secondary

#A5A4CF

accent

#54D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBF59

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

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