#BEA535#BEA535

#BEA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA535
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -3.01, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 58.41, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0141 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.13 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3347, 38.1163, 8.8635)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA535 #354EBE

analogous

#BE6035 #BEA535 #93BE35

triadic

#BEA535 #35BEA5 #A535BE

tetradic

#BEA535 #35BE60 #354EBE #BE3593

square

#BEA535 #35BE60 #354EBE #BE3593

split-complementary

#BEA535 #3593BE #6035BE

monochromatic

#5E521A #8E7B28 #BEA535 #D2BD5E #DFD18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BEA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BEA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA535

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA535	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)

#B6A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf73',
    500: '#bea535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea535;
$custom-light: #d5bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72408,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA535

secondary

#8591CA

accent

#64E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA535

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

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