#BEA638#BEA638

#BEA638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA638
RGB	rgb(190, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -3.39, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 57.53, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0148 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5870, 38.5069, 9.2987)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA638 #3850BE

analogous

#BE6338 #BEA638 #93BE38

triadic

#BEA638 #38BEA6 #A638BE

tetradic

#BEA638 #38BE63 #3850BE #BE3893

square

#BEA638 #38BE63 #3850BE #BE3893

split-complementary

#BEA638 #3893BE #6338BE

monochromatic

#5F531C #8F7D2A #BEA638 #D1BD62 #DFD192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BEA638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BEA638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA638

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA638	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c075',
    500: '#bea638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea638;
$custom-light: #d5c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72641,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA638

secondary

#8894CA

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA638

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

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