#BEA53B#BEA53B

#BEA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.126 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA53B
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -2.69, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 56.02, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0125 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.126 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4815, 38.1750, 9.6364)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA53B #3B54BE

analogous

#BE643B #BEA53B #96BE3B

triadic

#BEA53B #3BBEA5 #A53BBE

tetradic

#BEA53B #3BBE64 #3B54BE #BE3B96

square

#BEA53B #3BBE64 #3B54BE #BE3B96

split-complementary

#BEA53B #3B96BE #643BBE

monochromatic

#61541E #8F7C2C #BEA53B #D0BC67 #DED095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BEA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BEA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA53B

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA53B	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)

#B6A22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.126 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf77',
    500: '#bea53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea53b;
$custom-light: #d5bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72456,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA53B

secondary

#8B97CA

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA53B

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

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