#BEA939#BEA939

#BEA939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.131 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA939
RGB	rgb(190, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -4.92, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 58.05, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0191 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.131 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1634, 39.6202, 9.6127)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA939 #394EBE

analogous

#BE6639 #BEA939 #90BE39

triadic

#BEA939 #39BEA9 #A939BE

tetradic

#BEA939 #39BE66 #394EBE #BE3990

square

#BEA939 #39BE66 #394EBE #BE3990

split-complementary

#BEA939 #3990BE #6639BE

monochromatic

#60551D #8F7F2B #BEA939 #D0BF64 #DFD393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BEA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BEA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA939

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA939	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)

#B9A529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.131 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c276',
    500: '#bea939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea939;
$custom-light: #d5c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73281,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA939

secondary

#8993CA

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA939

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

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