#BEA941#BEA941

#BEA941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA941
RGB	rgb(190, 169, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -4.47, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 54.75, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0169 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3789, 39.7065, 10.7479)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA941 #4156BE

analogous

#BE6A41 #BEA941 #95BE41

triadic

#BEA941 #41BEA9 #A941BE

tetradic

#BEA941 #41BE6A #4156BE #BE4195

square

#BEA941 #41BE6A #4156BE #BE4195

split-complementary

#BEA941 #4195BE #6A41BE

monochromatic

#635822 #908031 #BEA941 #CEBE6F #DDD29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BEA941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BEA941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA941

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA941	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)

#B9A534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 169, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c27b',
    500: '#bea941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea941;
$custom-light: #d5c27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7335,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA941

secondary

#919BC9

accent

#66D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA941

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

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