#BEA936#BEA936

#BEA936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.133 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA936
RGB	rgb(190, 169, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -5.08, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 59.22, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0198 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.133 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0908, 39.5912, 9.2302)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA936 #364BBE

analogous

#BE6536 #BEA936 #8FBE36

triadic

#BEA936 #36BEA9 #A936BE

tetradic

#BEA936 #36BE65 #364BBE #BE368F

square

#BEA936 #36BE65 #364BBE #BE368F

split-complementary

#BEA936 #368FBE #6536BE

monochromatic

#5F541B #8E7F28 #BEA936 #D2C060 #DFD38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BEA936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BEA936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA936

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA936	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 169, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.133 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c274',
    500: '#bea936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea936;
$custom-light: #d5c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73258,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA936

secondary

#8690CA

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA936

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

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