#BEAC36#BEAC36

#BEAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAC36
RGB	rgb(190, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -6.66, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 60.16, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0243 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6553, 40.7202, 9.4183)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAC36 #3648BE

analogous

#BE6836 #BEAC36 #8CBE36

triadic

#BEAC36 #36BEAC #AC36BE

tetradic

#BEAC36 #36BE68 #3648BE #BE368C

square

#BEAC36 #36BE68 #3648BE #BE368C

split-complementary

#BEAC36 #368CBE #6836BE

monochromatic

#5F561B #8E8128 #BEAC36 #D2C360 #DFD58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BEAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BEAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAC36

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAC36	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c475',
    500: '#beac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beac36;
$custom-light: #d5c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAC36

secondary

#868FCA

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAC36

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

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