#BEAB36#BEAB36

#BEAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAB36
RGB	rgb(190, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -6.13, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 59.84, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0228 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4657, 40.3410, 9.3551)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAB36 #3649BE

analogous

#BE6736 #BEAB36 #8DBE36

triadic

#BEAB36 #36BEAB #AB36BE

tetradic

#BEAB36 #36BE67 #3649BE #BE368D

square

#BEAB36 #36BE67 #3649BE #BE368D

split-complementary

#BEAB36 #368DBE #6736BE

monochromatic

#5F551B #8E8028 #BEAB36 #D2C260 #DFD48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BEAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BEAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAB36

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAB36	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c375',
    500: '#beab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beab36;
$custom-light: #d5c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73682,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAB36

secondary

#868FCA

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAB36

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

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