#BEA238#BEA238

#BEA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.126 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA238
RGB	rgb(190, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -1.25, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 56.38, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0087 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.126 94)
XYZ	xyz(34.8711, 37.0753, 9.0601)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA238 #3854BE

analogous

#BE5F38 #BEA238 #97BE38

triadic

#BEA238 #38BEA2 #A238BE

tetradic

#BEA238 #38BE5F #3854BE #BE3897

square

#BEA238 #38BE5F #3854BE #BE3897

split-complementary

#BEA238 #3897BE #5F38BE

monochromatic

#5F511C #8F7A2A #BEA238 #D1BA62 #DFCF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BEA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BEA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA238

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA238	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.126 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd75',
    500: '#bea238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea238;
$custom-light: #d5bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71803,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.37073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA238

secondary

#8896CA

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA238

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

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