#BEA138#BEA138

#BEA138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.125 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA138
RGB	rgb(190, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -0.72, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 56.10, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0072 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.125 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6957, 36.7244, 9.0016)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA138 #3855BE

analogous

#BE5E38 #BEA138 #98BE38

triadic

#BEA138 #38BEA1 #A138BE

tetradic

#BEA138 #38BE5E #3855BE #BE3898

square

#BEA138 #38BE5E #3855BE #BE3898

split-complementary

#BEA138 #3898BE #5E38BE

monochromatic

#5F511C #8F792A #BEA138 #D1B962 #DFCE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BEA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BEA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA138

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA138	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.125 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc75',
    500: '#bea138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea138;
$custom-light: #d5bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71595,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA138

secondary

#8896CA

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA138

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

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