#BEAA3B#BEAA3B

#BEAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA3B
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -5.34, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 57.56, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.02 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4010, 40.0141, 9.9429)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA3B #3B4FBE

analogous

#BE693B #BEAA3B #91BE3B

triadic

#BEAA3B #3BBEAA #AA3BBE

tetradic

#BEAA3B #3BBE69 #3B4FBE #BE3B91

square

#BEAA3B #3BBE69 #3B4FBE #BE3B91

split-complementary

#BEAA3B #3B91BE #693BBE

monochromatic

#61561E #8F802C #BEAA3B #D0C067 #DED395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BEAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BEAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA3B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA3B	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)

#BAA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c277',
    500: '#beaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa3b;
$custom-light: #d5c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73509,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA3B

secondary

#8B95CA

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA3B

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

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