#BEAA38#BEAA38

#BEAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA38
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -5.50, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 58.75, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0208 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3254, 39.9839, 9.5449)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA38 #384CBE

analogous

#BE6738 #BEAA38 #8FBE38

triadic

#BEAA38 #38BEAA #AA38BE

tetradic

#BEAA38 #38BE67 #384CBE #BE388F

square

#BEAA38 #38BE67 #384CBE #BE388F

split-complementary

#BEAA38 #388FBE #6738BE

monochromatic

#5F551C #8F802A #BEAA38 #D1C062 #DFD392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BEAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BEAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA38

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA38	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c276',
    500: '#beaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa38;
$custom-light: #d5c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73485,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA38

secondary

#8892CA

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA38

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

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