#BEA538#BEA538

#BEA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.128 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA538
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -2.85, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 57.23, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0133 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.128 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4059, 38.1448, 9.2384)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA538 #3851BE

analogous

#BE6238 #BEA538 #94BE38

triadic

#BEA538 #38BEA5 #A538BE

tetradic

#BEA538 #38BE62 #3851BE #BE3894

square

#BEA538 #38BE62 #3851BE #BE3894

split-complementary

#BEA538 #3894BE #6238BE

monochromatic

#5F531C #8F7C2A #BEA538 #D1BC62 #DFD092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BEA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BEA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA538

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA538	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)

#B6A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf75',
    500: '#bea538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea538;
$custom-light: #d5bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA538

secondary

#8894CA

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA538

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

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