#BEA737#BEA737

#BEA737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA737
RGB	rgb(190, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -3.97, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 58.22, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0166 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.13 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7453, 38.8622, 9.2320)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA737 #374EBE

analogous

#BE6437 #BEA737 #91BE37

triadic

#BEA737 #37BEA7 #A737BE

tetradic

#BEA737 #37BE64 #374EBE #BE3791

square

#BEA737 #37BE64 #374EBE #BE3791

split-complementary

#BEA737 #3791BE #6437BE

monochromatic

#5F541C #8F7D29 #BEA737 #D1BE61 #DFD290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BEA737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BEA737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA737

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA737	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c075',
    500: '#bea737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea737;
$custom-light: #d5c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72844,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA737

secondary

#8792CA

accent

#63DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA737

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

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