#BEA836#BEA836

#BEA836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA836
RGB	rgb(190, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -4.55, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 58.91, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0183 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(35.9054, 39.2205, 9.1684)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA836 #364CBE

analogous

#BE6436 #BEA836 #90BE36

triadic

#BEA836 #36BEA8 #A836BE

tetradic

#BEA836 #36BE64 #364CBE #BE3690

square

#BEA836 #36BE64 #364CBE #BE3690

split-complementary

#BEA836 #3690BE #6436BE

monochromatic

#5F541B #8E7E28 #BEA836 #D2BF60 #DFD28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BEA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BEA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA836

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA836	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c174',
    500: '#bea836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea836;
$custom-light: #d5c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73047,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.39219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA836

secondary

#8691CA

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA836

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

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