#BEA531#BEA531

#BEA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.133 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA531
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -3.19, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 59.91, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.015 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.133 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2465, 38.0810, 8.3990)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA531 #314ABE

analogous

#BE5F31 #BEA531 #91BE31

triadic

#BEA531 #31BEA5 #A531BE

tetradic

#BEA531 #31BE5F #314ABE #BE3191

square

#BEA531 #31BE5F #314ABE #BE3191

split-complementary

#BEA531 #3191BE #5F31BE

monochromatic

#5D5018 #8D7B24 #BEA531 #D4BE58 #E1D189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BEA531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BEA531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA531

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA531	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.133 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf71',
    500: '#bea531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea531;
$custom-light: #d6bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72379,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA531

secondary

#808ECA

accent

#61E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA531

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

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