#BEA738#BEA738

#BEA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA738
RGB	rgb(190, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -3.92, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 57.83, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0163 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.13 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7695, 38.8719, 9.3596)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA738 #384FBE

analogous

#BE6438 #BEA738 #92BE38

triadic

#BEA738 #38BEA7 #A738BE

tetradic

#BEA738 #38BE64 #384FBE #BE3892

square

#BEA738 #38BE64 #384FBE #BE3892

split-complementary

#BEA738 #3892BE #6438BE

monochromatic

#5F541C #8F7D2A #BEA738 #D1BE62 #DFD292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BEA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BEA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA738

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA738	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)

#B8A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c075',
    500: '#bea738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea738;
$custom-light: #d5c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72851,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA738

secondary

#8893CA

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA738

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

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