#BEA536#BEA536

#BEA536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA536
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -2.96, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 58.02, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0138 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.13 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3580, 38.1256, 8.9859)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA536 #364FBE

analogous

#BE6136 #BEA536 #93BE36

triadic

#BEA536 #36BEA5 #A536BE

tetradic

#BEA536 #36BE61 #364FBE #BE3693

square

#BEA536 #36BE61 #364FBE #BE3693

split-complementary

#BEA536 #3693BE #6136BE

monochromatic

#5F521B #8E7C28 #BEA536 #D2BD60 #DFD18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BEA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BEA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA536

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA536	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	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)

#B6A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf74',
    500: '#bea536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea536;
$custom-light: #d5bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72415,
    "c": 0.12955,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA536

secondary

#8692CA

accent

#64DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA536

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

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