#BEA23B#BEA23B
#BEA23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.124 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BEA23B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(190, 162, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 53%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 69%, 75%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 68.9%, 25.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.36, -1.09, 55.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.36, 55.15, 91.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.83% -0.0079 0.1238) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.83% 0.124 93.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.9467, 37.1055, 9.4582) |
| Luminance | 0.3710 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 4.01
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.65
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.84
Ocre
#C69C04
ΔE00 4.97
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 5.22
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 5.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BEA23B #3B57BE
analogous
#BE613B #BEA23B #99BE3B
triadic
#BEA23B #3BBEA2 #A23BBE
tetradic
#BEA23B #3BBE61 #3B57BE #BE3B99
square
#BEA23B #3BBE61 #3B57BE #BE3B99
split-complementary
#BEA23B #3B99BE #613BBE
monochromatic
#61521E #8F7A2C #BEA23B #D0B967 #DECF95
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.49
#BEA23B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.42
#BEA23B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BEA23B
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BEA23B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BEA23B | 1.00 | 2.49 | 8.42 | 8.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39F2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAA840
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD958D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bea23b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 162, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.124 93.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d5bd77',
500: '#bea23b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bea23b; $custom-light: #d5bd77; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bea23b",
"rgb": {
"r": 190,
"g": 162,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.176,
"s": 52.61,
"l": 48.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71828,
"c": 0.12402,
"h": 93.7
},
"luminance": 0.37104
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BEA23B
secondary
#8B99CA
accent
#6BDC4C
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF6ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151209
muted
#83817B