#BEA442#BEA442

#BEA442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.120 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA442
RGB	rgb(190, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -1.75, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 52.76, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0089 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.12 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4957, 37.8933, 10.5977)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA442 #425CBE

analogous

#BE6642 #BEA442 #9ABE42

triadic

#BEA442 #42BEA4 #A442BE

tetradic

#BEA442 #42BE66 #425CBE #BE429A

square

#BEA442 #42BE66 #425CBE #BE429A

split-complementary

#BEA442 #429ABE #6642BE

monochromatic

#635622 #917D32 #BEA442 #CEBA70 #DDD09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BEA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BEA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA442

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA442	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.120 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be7b',
    500: '#bea442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea442;
$custom-light: #d5be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7231,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA442

secondary

#929ECA

accent

#6CD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA442

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

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