#BEA42E#BEA42E

#BEA42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.134 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA42E
RGB	rgb(190, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 75.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -2.79, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 60.72, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0142 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.134 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0057, 37.6972, 8.0167)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA42E #2E48BE

analogous

#BE5C2E #BEA42E #90BE2E

triadic

#BEA42E #2EBEA4 #A42EBE

tetradic

#BEA42E #2EBE5C #2E48BE #BE2E90

square

#BEA42E #2EBE5C #2E48BE #BE2E90

split-complementary

#BEA42E #2E90BE #5C2EBE

monochromatic

#5B4F16 #8D7922 #BEA42E #D6BE54 #E1D185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BEA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BEA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA42E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA42E	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)

#B5A018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.134 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be70',
    500: '#bea42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea42e;
$custom-light: #d6be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72149,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA42E

secondary

#7D8BCB

accent

#61E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA42E

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

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