#BEA037#BEA037

#BEA037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA037
RGB	rgb(190, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -0.23, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 56.23, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0059 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.126 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4974, 36.3666, 8.8161)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA037 #3755BE

analogous

#BE5D37 #BEA037 #98BE37

triadic

#BEA037 #37BEA0 #A037BE

tetradic

#BEA037 #37BE5D #3755BE #BE3798

square

#BEA037 #37BE5D #3755BE #BE3798

split-complementary

#BEA037 #3798BE #5D37BE

monochromatic

#5F501C #8F7829 #BEA037 #D1B861 #DFCE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BEA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BEA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA037

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA037	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb74',
    500: '#bea037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea037;
$custom-light: #d5bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71379,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA037

secondary

#8796CA

accent

#6ADE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA037

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

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