#BEA440#BEA440

#BEA440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.122 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA440
RGB	rgb(190, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -1.87, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 53.62, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0095 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.122 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4378, 37.8701, 10.2926)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA440 #405ABE

analogous

#BE6540 #BEA440 #99BE40

triadic

#BEA440 #40BEA4 #A440BE

tetradic

#BEA440 #40BE65 #405ABE #BE4099

square

#BEA440 #40BE65 #405ABE #BE4099

split-complementary

#BEA440 #4099BE #6540BE

monochromatic

#625521 #907C31 #BEA440 #CEBA6D #DDD09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BEA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BEA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA440

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA440	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.122 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be7a',
    500: '#bea440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea440;
$custom-light: #d5be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72291,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA440

secondary

#909CC9

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA440

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

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