#BEAA39#BEAA39

#BEAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA39
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -5.45, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 58.36, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0206 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(36.3501, 39.9937, 9.6750)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA39 #394DBE

analogous

#BE6739 #BEAA39 #8FBE39

triadic

#BEAA39 #39BEAA #AA39BE

tetradic

#BEAA39 #39BE67 #394DBE #BE398F

square

#BEAA39 #39BE67 #394DBE #BE398F

split-complementary

#BEAA39 #398FBE #6739BE

monochromatic

#60561D #8F802B #BEAA39 #D0C064 #DFD393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BEAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BEAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA39

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA39	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)

#BAA629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c276',
    500: '#beaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa39;
$custom-light: #d5c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73493,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.39992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA39

secondary

#8993CA

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA39

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

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