#BEA038#BEA038

#BEA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA038
RGB	rgb(190, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -0.18, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 55.83, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0056 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.125 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5216, 36.3763, 8.9436)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA038 #3856BE

analogous

#BE5D38 #BEA038 #99BE38

triadic

#BEA038 #38BEA0 #A038BE

tetradic

#BEA038 #38BE5D #3856BE #BE3899

square

#BEA038 #38BE5D #3856BE #BE3899

split-complementary

#BEA038 #3899BE #5D38BE

monochromatic

#5F501C #8F782A #BEA038 #D1B862 #DFCD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BEA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BEA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA038

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA038	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)

#B19D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb75',
    500: '#bea038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea038;
$custom-light: #d5bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71387,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA038

secondary

#8897CA

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA038

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

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