#BEAB40#BEAB40

#BEAB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAB40
RGB	rgb(190, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -5.59, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 55.83, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0202 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7251, 40.4448, 10.7217)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAB40 #4053BE

analogous

#BE6C40 #BEAB40 #92BE40

triadic

#BEAB40 #40BEAB #AB40BE

tetradic

#BEAB40 #40BE6C #4053BE #BE4092

square

#BEAB40 #40BE6C #4053BE #BE4092

split-complementary

#BEAB40 #4092BE #6C40BE

monochromatic

#625921 #908231 #BEAB40 #CEBF6D #DDD39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BEAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BEAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAB40

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAB40	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37a',
    500: '#beab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beab40;
$custom-light: #d5c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73764,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAB40

secondary

#9099C9

accent

#64D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAB40

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

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