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#BEBD2C — Yellow

#BEBD2C is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #BEBD2C when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BEBD2C is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #2D2DBE; it also sits naturally between #BE752D and #75BE2D. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEBD2C · RGB 190, 189, 44

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Color values

HEX#BEBD2C
RGB190, 189, 44
HSL60°, 62%, 46%
HSV60°, 77%, 75%
CMYK0%, 1%, 77%, 25%
XYZ39.89, 47.52, 9.45
Yxy47.52, 0.4118, 0.4906
CIE-Lab74.52, -15.85, 67.51
Hunter Lab68.94, -13.90, 37.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 74% · Blue 17%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 77% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BEBD2C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEBD2C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEBD2C

.text { color: #BEBD2C; }
.background { background-color: #BEBD2C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEBD2C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 189, 44); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 62%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEBD2C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 189, 44, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEBD2C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 189, 44, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEBD2C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEBD2C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEBD2C

#AEAE29#9D9D25#888820#78781C#676718#575714#464610#32320C#212108#111104

Tints of #BEBD2C

#D0D035#D4D449#D9D95E#DEDE73#E3E387#E8E89C#EDEDB1#F1F1C5#F6F6DA#FBFBEE

Tones of #BEBD2C

#B3B337#A9A942#9E9E4C#959556#8A8A60#80806B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2D2DBE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.00:1 Fails
Against black text10.50:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEBD2C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEBD2C

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BEBD2C: ·

How #BEBD2C looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BEBE4FDeuteranopia · #BEBE58Tritanopia · #BE6B71

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEBD2C rather than the exact color:

Crimson Ruby Summit
#F1F2C9 · #DEE27E · #BBC12E · #494C10
Dreamy Horizon
#DC67D8 · #CD5B81 · #A25433 · #C2B82C
Amber Ruby Summit
#DDAB74 · #C1C230 · #76C229 · #6DDC6B
Tender Ruby Twilight
#C2C52E · #92CF54 · #2CA228 · #2A8251
Palette 335c49
#335C49 · #678C40 · #BDBE36 · #E5DD90
Wild Garden
#C5BE23 · #93DB36 · #37E127 · #28DC6E

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BBC12E#C2B82C#C1C230#C2C52E#BDBE36#C5BE23#C5C135#BEC927#B3BF24#CABC33#B1BE32#BBCB2E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEBD2B  ·  #BEBD2D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEBD2C?

#BEBD2C is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 190, 189, 44). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEBD2C?

#BEBD2C is RGB 190, 189, 44 — HSL 60°, 62%, 46% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 77%, 25%.

What colors go with #BEBD2C?

Its complement is #2D2DBE; analogous partners are #BE752D and #75BE2D. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEBD2C for text?

Black text on #BEBD2C has a contrast ratio of 10.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.00:1.