#BEA437#BEA437

#BEA437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.128 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA437
RGB	rgb(190, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -2.37, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 57.34, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.012 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.128 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2020, 37.7758, 9.0510)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA437 #3751BE

analogous

#BE6037 #BEA437 #95BE37

triadic

#BEA437 #37BEA4 #A437BE

tetradic

#BEA437 #37BE60 #3751BE #BE3795

square

#BEA437 #37BE60 #3751BE #BE3795

split-complementary

#BEA437 #3795BE #6037BE

monochromatic

#5F521C #8F7B29 #BEA437 #D1BC61 #DFD090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BEA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BEA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA437

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA437	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.128 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be74',
    500: '#bea437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea437;
$custom-light: #d5be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA437

secondary

#8794CA

accent

#66DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA437

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

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