#BEA040#BEA040

#BEA040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA040
RGB	rgb(190, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 0.27, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 52.47, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0034 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.119 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7332, 36.4609, 10.0577)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA040 #405EBE

analogous

#BE6140 #BEA040 #9DBE40

triadic

#BEA040 #40BEA0 #A040BE

tetradic

#BEA040 #40BE61 #405EBE #BE409D

square

#BEA040 #40BE61 #405EBE #BE409D

split-complementary

#BEA040 #409DBE #6140BE

monochromatic

#625321 #907931 #BEA040 #CEB76D #DDCE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BEA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BEA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA040

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA040	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb79',
    500: '#bea040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea040;
$custom-light: #d5bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71458,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA040

secondary

#909EC9

accent

#70D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA040

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

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