#BEAB42#BEAB42

#BEAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAB42
RGB	rgb(190, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -5.47, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 54.98, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0196 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(36.7831, 40.4680, 11.0268)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAB42 #4255BE

analogous

#BE6D42 #BEAB42 #93BE42

triadic

#BEAB42 #42BEAB #AB42BE

tetradic

#BEAB42 #42BE6D #4255BE #BE4293

square

#BEAB42 #42BE6D #4255BE #BE4293

split-complementary

#BEAB42 #4293BE #6D42BE

monochromatic

#635922 #918232 #BEAB42 #CEBF70 #DDD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BEAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BEAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAB42

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAB42	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)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37b',
    500: '#beab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beab42;
$custom-light: #d5c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73782,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.40466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAB42

secondary

#929BCA

accent

#64D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAB42

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

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