#BEA237#BEA237

#BEA237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA237
RGB	rgb(190, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -1.31, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 56.78, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.009 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.127 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8469, 37.0656, 8.9326)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA237 #3753BE

analogous

#BE5F37 #BEA237 #96BE37

triadic

#BEA237 #37BEA2 #A237BE

tetradic

#BEA237 #37BE5F #3753BE #BE3796

square

#BEA237 #37BE5F #3753BE #BE3796

split-complementary

#BEA237 #3796BE #5F37BE

monochromatic

#5F511C #8F7A29 #BEA237 #D1BA61 #DFCF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BEA237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BEA237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA237

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA237	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)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd74',
    500: '#bea237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea237;
$custom-light: #d5bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA237

secondary

#8795CA

accent

#68DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA237

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

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