#BEA240#BEA240

#BEA240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.120 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA240
RGB	rgb(190, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -0.80, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 53.04, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0065 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.12 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0827, 37.1599, 10.1742)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA240 #405CBE

analogous

#BE6340 #BEA240 #9BBE40

triadic

#BEA240 #40BEA2 #A240BE

tetradic

#BEA240 #40BE63 #405CBE #BE409B

square

#BEA240 #40BE63 #405CBE #BE409B

split-complementary

#BEA240 #409BBE #6340BE

monochromatic

#625421 #907B31 #BEA240 #CEB86D #DDCF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BEA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BEA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA240

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA240	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.120 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd79',
    500: '#bea240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea240;
$custom-light: #d5bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71874,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA240

secondary

#909DC9

accent

#6DD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA240

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

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