#BEAC37#BEAC37

#BEAC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAC37
RGB	rgb(190, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -6.61, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 59.78, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0241 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6790, 40.7297, 9.5433)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAC37 #3749BE

analogous

#BE6837 #BEAC37 #8CBE37

triadic

#BEAC37 #37BEAC #AC37BE

tetradic

#BEAC37 #37BE68 #3749BE #BE378C

square

#BEAC37 #37BE68 #3749BE #BE378C

split-complementary

#BEAC37 #378CBE #6837BE

monochromatic

#5F561C #8F8129 #BEAC37 #D1C261 #DFD590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BEAC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BEAC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAC37

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAC37	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c475',
    500: '#beac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beac37;
$custom-light: #d5c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73902,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAC37

secondary

#8790CA

accent

#5DDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAC37

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

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