#BEAA42#BEAA42

#BEAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA42
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -4.94, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 54.65, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0181 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.125 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5949, 40.0916, 10.9641)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA42 #4256BE

analogous

#BE6C42 #BEAA42 #94BE42

triadic

#BEAA42 #42BEAA #AA42BE

tetradic

#BEAA42 #42BE6C #4256BE #BE4294

square

#BEAA42 #42BE6C #4256BE #BE4294

split-complementary

#BEAA42 #4294BE #6C42BE

monochromatic

#635922 #918232 #BEAA42 #CEBE70 #DDD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BEAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BEAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA42

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA42	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37b',
    500: '#beaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa42;
$custom-light: #d5c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7357,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA42

secondary

#929BCA

accent

#66D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA42

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

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