#BEAB38#BEAB38

#BEAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; 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	#BEAB38
RGB	rgb(190, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -6.03, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 59.07, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0223 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5136, 40.3602, 9.6076)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAB38 #384BBE

analogous

#BE6838 #BEAB38 #8EBE38

triadic

#BEAB38 #38BEAB #AB38BE

tetradic

#BEAB38 #38BE68 #384BBE #BE388E

square

#BEAB38 #38BE68 #384BBE #BE388E

split-complementary

#BEAB38 #388EBE #6838BE

monochromatic

#5F561C #8F802A #BEAB38 #D1C162 #DFD492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BEAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BEAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAB38

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAB38	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c376',
    500: '#beab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beab38;
$custom-light: #d5c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73697,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAB38

secondary

#8891CA

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAB38

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

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