#BEA436#BEA436

#BEA436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.129 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA436
RGB	rgb(190, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -2.42, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 57.73, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0123 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.129 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1783, 37.7663, 8.9260)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA436 #3650BE

analogous

#BE6036 #BEA436 #94BE36

triadic

#BEA436 #36BEA4 #A436BE

tetradic

#BEA436 #36BE60 #3650BE #BE3694

square

#BEA436 #36BE60 #3650BE #BE3694

split-complementary

#BEA436 #3694BE #6036BE

monochromatic

#5F521B #8E7B28 #BEA436 #D2BC60 #DFD08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BEA436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BEA436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA436

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA436	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.129 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be74',
    500: '#bea436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea436;
$custom-light: #d5be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72206,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA436

secondary

#8693CA

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA436

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

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