#BEAA40#BEAA40

#BEAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA40
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -5.06, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 55.50, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0187 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5370, 40.0685, 10.6589)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA40 #4054BE

analogous

#BE6B40 #BEAA40 #93BE40

triadic

#BEAA40 #40BEAA #AA40BE

tetradic

#BEAA40 #40BE6B #4054BE #BE4093

square

#BEAA40 #40BE6B #4054BE #BE4093

split-complementary

#BEAA40 #4093BE #6B40BE

monochromatic

#625821 #908131 #BEAA40 #CEBF6D #DDD39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BEAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BEAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA40

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA40	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37a',
    500: '#beaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa40;
$custom-light: #d5c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73552,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA40

secondary

#9099C9

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA40

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

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