#BEA642#BEA642

#BEA642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.122 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA642
RGB	rgb(190, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -2.82, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 53.37, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.012 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.122 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8564, 38.6147, 10.7179)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA642 #425ABE

analogous

#BE6842 #BEA642 #98BE42

triadic

#BEA642 #42BEA6 #A642BE

tetradic

#BEA642 #42BE68 #425ABE #BE4298

square

#BEA642 #42BE68 #425ABE #BE4298

split-complementary

#BEA642 #4298BE #6842BE

monochromatic

#635722 #917F32 #BEA642 #CEBB70 #DDD19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BEA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BEA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA642

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA642	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.122 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c07b',
    500: '#bea642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea642;
$custom-light: #d5c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA642

secondary

#929DCA

accent

#6AD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA642

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

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