#BEA211#BEA211

#BEA211 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.144 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA211
RGB	rgb(190, 162, 17)
HSL	hsl(50, 84%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 91%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 91.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -2.57, 67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 68.01, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0158 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.144 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2587, 36.8303, 5.8347)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA211 #112DBE

analogous

#BE4B11 #BEA211 #83BE11

triadic

#BEA211 #11BEA2 #A211BE

tetradic

#BEA211 #11BE4B #112DBE #BE1183

square

#BEA211 #11BE4B #112DBE #BE1183

split-complementary

#BEA211 #1183BE #4B11BE

monochromatic

#4E4207 #86720C #BEA211 #EBCA21 #F0D859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BEA211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BEA211 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA211

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA211	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 162, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.144 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bd64',
    500: '#bea211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea211;
$custom-light: #d7bd64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.289,
    "s": 83.575,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71599,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA211

secondary

#586CD3

accent

#4FFA2E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151206

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA211

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

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