#BEAA36#BEAA36

#BEAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA36
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -5.60, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 59.53, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0213 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2775, 39.9647, 9.2924)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA36 #364ABE

analogous

#BE6636 #BEAA36 #8EBE36

triadic

#BEAA36 #36BEAA #AA36BE

tetradic

#BEAA36 #36BE66 #364ABE #BE368E

square

#BEAA36 #36BE66 #364ABE #BE368E

split-complementary

#BEAA36 #368EBE #6636BE

monochromatic

#5F551B #8E7F28 #BEAA36 #D2C160 #DFD38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BEAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BEAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA36

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA36	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c274',
    500: '#beaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa36;
$custom-light: #d5c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7347,
    "c": 0.13331,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA36

secondary

#8690CA

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA36

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

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