#BEA42D#BEA42D

#BEA42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.134 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA42D
RGB	rgb(190, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -2.83, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 61.07, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0144 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.134 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9862, 37.6894, 7.9141)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA42D #2D47BE

analogous

#BE5B2D #BEA42D #8FBE2D

triadic

#BEA42D #2DBEA4 #A42DBE

tetradic

#BEA42D #2DBE5B #2D47BE #BE2D8F

square

#BEA42D #2DBE5B #2D47BE #BE2D8F

split-complementary

#BEA42D #2D8FBE #5B2DBE

monochromatic

#5B4F16 #8D7921 #BEA42D #D6BE52 #E2D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BEA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BEA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA42D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA42D	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.134 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be6f',
    500: '#bea42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea42d;
$custom-light: #d6be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72142,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA42D

secondary

#7C8ACB

accent

#60E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA42D

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

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