#BEAB3B#BEAB3B

#BEAB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAB3B
RGB	rgb(190, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -5.87, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 57.89, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0215 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5892, 40.3904, 10.0057)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAB3B #3B4EBE

analogous

#BE6A3B #BEAB3B #90BE3B

triadic

#BEAB3B #3BBEAB #AB3BBE

tetradic

#BEAB3B #3BBE6A #3B4EBE #BE3B90

square

#BEAB3B #3BBE6A #3B4EBE #BE3B90

split-complementary

#BEAB3B #3B90BE #6A3BBE

monochromatic

#61571E #8F812C #BEAB3B #D0C067 #DED495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BEAB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BEAB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAB3B

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAB3B	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c377',
    500: '#beab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beab3b;
$custom-light: #d5c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73721,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAB3B

secondary

#8B94CA

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAB3B

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

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