#BEA937#BEA937

#BEA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.132 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA937
RGB	rgb(190, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -5.03, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 58.83, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0196 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.132 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1145, 39.6007, 9.3551)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA937 #374CBE

analogous

#BE6637 #BEA937 #8FBE37

triadic

#BEA937 #37BEA9 #A937BE

tetradic

#BEA937 #37BE66 #374CBE #BE378F

square

#BEA937 #37BE66 #374CBE #BE378F

split-complementary

#BEA937 #378FBE #6637BE

monochromatic

#5F551C #8F7F29 #BEA937 #D1C061 #DFD390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BEA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BEA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA937

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA937	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)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.132 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c275',
    500: '#bea937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea937;
$custom-light: #d5c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73266,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA937

secondary

#8791CA

accent

#61DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA937

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

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