#BEA52C#BEA52C

#BEA52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.136 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA52C
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 76.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -3.41, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 61.69, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0161 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.136 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1468, 38.0412, 7.8738)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA52C #2C45BE

analogous

#BE5C2C #BEA52C #8EBE2C

triadic

#BEA52C #2CBEA5 #A52CBE

tetradic

#BEA52C #2CBE5C #2C45BE #BE2C8E

square

#BEA52C #2CBE5C #2C45BE #BE2C8E

split-complementary

#BEA52C #2C8EBE #5C2CBE

monochromatic

#5B4F15 #8C7A20 #BEA52C #D7C051 #E2D282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BEA52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BEA52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA52C

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA52C	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.136 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf6f',
    500: '#bea52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea52c;
$custom-light: #d6bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72346,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA52C

secondary

#7B88CB

accent

#5EE542

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA52C

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

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