#BEA539#BEA539

#BEA539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; 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	#BEA539
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -2.80, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 56.83, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.013 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.128 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4306, 38.1547, 9.3685)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA539 #3952BE

analogous

#BE6239 #BEA539 #94BE39

triadic

#BEA539 #39BEA5 #A539BE

tetradic

#BEA539 #39BE62 #3952BE #BE3994

square

#BEA539 #39BE62 #3952BE #BE3994

split-complementary

#BEA539 #3994BE #6239BE

monochromatic

#60531D #8F7C2B #BEA539 #D0BC64 #DFD093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BEA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BEA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA539

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA539	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)

#B6A22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf76',
    500: '#bea539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea539;
$custom-light: #d5bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72439,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA539

secondary

#8995CA

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA539

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

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