#BEAB37#BEAB37

#BEAB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAB37
RGB	rgb(190, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -6.08, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 59.46, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0226 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4894, 40.3505, 9.4801)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAB37 #374ABE

analogous

#BE6837 #BEAB37 #8DBE37

triadic

#BEAB37 #37BEAB #AB37BE

tetradic

#BEAB37 #37BE68 #374ABE #BE378D

square

#BEAB37 #37BE68 #374ABE #BE378D

split-complementary

#BEAB37 #378DBE #6837BE

monochromatic

#5F561C #8F8029 #BEAB37 #D1C161 #DFD490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BEAB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BEAB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAB37

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAB37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c375',
    500: '#beab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beab37;
$custom-light: #d5c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73689,
    "c": 0.13346,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAB37

secondary

#8790CA

accent

#5EDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAB37

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

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