#BEA231#BEA231

#BEA231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.131 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA231
RGB	rgb(190, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -1.59, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 59.09, 91.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0105 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.131 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7118, 37.0115, 8.2207)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA231 #314DBE

analogous

#BE5C31 #BEA231 #94BE31

triadic

#BEA231 #31BEA2 #A231BE

tetradic

#BEA231 #31BE5C #314DBE #BE3194

square

#BEA231 #31BE5C #314DBE #BE3194

split-complementary

#BEA231 #3194BE #5C31BE

monochromatic

#5D4F18 #8D7924 #BEA231 #D4BB58 #E1CF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BEA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BEA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA231

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA231	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd71',
    500: '#bea231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea231;
$custom-light: #d6bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7175,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA231

secondary

#808FCA

accent

#65E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA231

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

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