#BEA236#BEA236

#BEA236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA236
RGB	rgb(190, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -1.36, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 57.17, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0092 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.127 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8232, 37.0561, 8.8076)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA236 #3652BE

analogous

#BE5E36 #BEA236 #96BE36

triadic

#BEA236 #36BEA2 #A236BE

tetradic

#BEA236 #36BE5E #3652BE #BE3696

square

#BEA236 #36BE5E #3652BE #BE3696

split-complementary

#BEA236 #3696BE #5E36BE

monochromatic

#5F511B #8E7928 #BEA236 #D2BA60 #DFCF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BEA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BEA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA236

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA236	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd74',
    500: '#bea236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea236;
$custom-light: #d5bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71787,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA236

secondary

#8694CA

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA236

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

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