#BEA537#BEA537

#BEA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.129 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA537
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -2.91, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 57.63, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0135 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.129 96)
XYZ	xyz(35.3817, 38.1351, 9.1109)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA537 #3750BE

analogous

#BE6137 #BEA537 #93BE37

triadic

#BEA537 #37BEA5 #A537BE

tetradic

#BEA537 #37BE61 #3750BE #BE3793

square

#BEA537 #37BE61 #3750BE #BE3793

split-complementary

#BEA537 #3793BE #6137BE

monochromatic

#5F531C #8F7C29 #BEA537 #D1BC61 #DFD090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BEA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BEA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA537

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA537	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf75',
    500: '#bea537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea537;
$custom-light: #d5bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.38133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA537

secondary

#8793CA

accent

#65DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA537

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

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