#BEA540#BEA540

#BEA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.122 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA540
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -2.41, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 53.92, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0111 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.122 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6174, 38.2294, 10.3524)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA540 #4059BE

analogous

#BE6640 #BEA540 #98BE40

triadic

#BEA540 #40BEA5 #A540BE

tetradic

#BEA540 #40BE66 #4059BE #BE4098

square

#BEA540 #40BE66 #4059BE #BE4098

split-complementary

#BEA540 #4098BE #6640BE

monochromatic

#625521 #907D31 #BEA540 #CEBB6D #DDD09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BEA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BEA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA540

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA540	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.122 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf7a',
    500: '#bea540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea540;
$custom-light: #d5bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.725,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA540

secondary

#909CC9

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA540

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

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