#BEA338#BEA338

#BEA338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.127 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA338
RGB	rgb(190, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -1.79, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 56.66, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0102 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.127 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0480, 37.4290, 9.1191)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA338 #3853BE

analogous

#BE6038 #BEA338 #96BE38

triadic

#BEA338 #38BEA3 #A338BE

tetradic

#BEA338 #38BE60 #3853BE #BE3896

square

#BEA338 #38BE60 #3853BE #BE3896

split-complementary

#BEA338 #3896BE #6038BE

monochromatic

#5F521C #8F7A2A #BEA338 #D1BB62 #DFCF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BEA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BEA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA338

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA338	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.127 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd75',
    500: '#bea338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea338;
$custom-light: #d5bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72012,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA338

secondary

#8895CA

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA338

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

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