#BEA62D#BEA62D

#BEA62D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.136 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA62D
RGB	rgb(190, 166, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -3.90, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 61.62, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0174 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3469, 38.4109, 8.0344)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA62D #2D45BE

analogous

#BE5D2D #BEA62D #8DBE2D

triadic

#BEA62D #2DBEA6 #A62DBE

tetradic

#BEA62D #2DBE5D #2D45BE #BE2D8D

square

#BEA62D #2DBE5D #2D45BE #BE2D8D

split-complementary

#BEA62D #2D8DBE #5D2DBE

monochromatic

#5B5016 #8D7B21 #BEA62D #D6C052 #E2D284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BEA62D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BEA62D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA62D

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA62D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA62D	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea62d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 166, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c06f',
    500: '#bea62d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea62d;
$custom-light: #d6c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea62d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72563,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA62D

secondary

#7C89CB

accent

#5EE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA62D

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

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