#BEA940#BEA940

#BEA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.125 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA940
RGB	rgb(190, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -4.53, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 55.18, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0172 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.125 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3502, 39.6950, 10.5967)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA940 #4055BE

analogous

#BE6A40 #BEA940 #94BE40

triadic

#BEA940 #40BEA9 #A940BE

tetradic

#BEA940 #40BE6A #4055BE #BE4094

square

#BEA940 #40BE6A #4055BE #BE4094

split-complementary

#BEA940 #4094BE #6A40BE

monochromatic

#625821 #908031 #BEA940 #CEBE6D #DDD29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BEA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BEA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA940

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA940	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.125 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c27a',
    500: '#bea940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea940;
$custom-light: #d5c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73341,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA940

secondary

#909AC9

accent

#66D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA940

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

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