#BEA837#BEA837

#BEA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA837
RGB	rgb(190, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -4.50, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 58.53, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0181 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9292, 39.2300, 9.2933)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA837 #374DBE

analogous

#BE6437 #BEA837 #90BE37

triadic

#BEA837 #37BEA8 #A837BE

tetradic

#BEA837 #37BE64 #374DBE #BE3790

square

#BEA837 #37BE64 #374DBE #BE3790

split-complementary

#BEA837 #3790BE #6437BE

monochromatic

#5F541C #8F7E29 #BEA837 #D1BF61 #DFD290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BEA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BEA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA837

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA837	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c175',
    500: '#bea837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea837;
$custom-light: #d5c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73054,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA837

secondary

#8792CA

accent

#62DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA837

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

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