#BEAA37#BEAA37

#BEAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.133 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA37
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -5.55, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 59.14, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0211 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.133 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3012, 39.9742, 9.4174)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA37 #374BBE

analogous

#BE6637 #BEAA37 #8EBE37

triadic

#BEAA37 #37BEAA #AA37BE

tetradic

#BEAA37 #37BE66 #374BBE #BE378E

square

#BEAA37 #37BE66 #374BBE #BE378E

split-complementary

#BEAA37 #378EBE #6637BE

monochromatic

#5F551C #8F8029 #BEAA37 #D1C161 #DFD390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BEAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BEAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA37

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA37	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	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)

#BAA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.133 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c275',
    500: '#beaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa37;
$custom-light: #d5c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73477,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA37

secondary

#8791CA

accent

#5FDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA37

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

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