#BEA438#BEA438

#BEA438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.127 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA438
RGB	rgb(190, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -2.32, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 56.94, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0118 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.127 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2262, 37.7855, 9.1785)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA438 #3852BE

analogous

#BE6138 #BEA438 #95BE38

triadic

#BEA438 #38BEA4 #A438BE

tetradic

#BEA438 #38BE61 #3852BE #BE3895

square

#BEA438 #38BE61 #3852BE #BE3895

split-complementary

#BEA438 #3895BE #6138BE

monochromatic

#5F521C #8F7B2A #BEA438 #D1BB62 #DFD092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BEA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BEA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA438

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA438	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.127 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be75',
    500: '#bea438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea438;
$custom-light: #d5be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72221,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA438

secondary

#8895CA

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA438

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

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