#BEA938#BEA938

#BEA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA938
RGB	rgb(190, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -4.98, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 58.44, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0193 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1387, 39.6104, 9.4826)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA938 #384DBE

analogous

#BE6638 #BEA938 #90BE38

triadic

#BEA938 #38BEA9 #A938BE

tetradic

#BEA938 #38BE66 #384DBE #BE3890

square

#BEA938 #38BE66 #384DBE #BE3890

split-complementary

#BEA938 #3890BE #6638BE

monochromatic

#5F551C #8F7F2A #BEA938 #D1C062 #DFD392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BEA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BEA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA938

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA938	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)

#B9A527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c275',
    500: '#bea938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea938;
$custom-light: #d5c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73273,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA938

secondary

#8892CA

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA938

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

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