#BEAC38#BEAC38

#BEAC38 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	#BEAC38
RGB	rgb(190, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -6.56, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 59.39, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0238 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7032, 40.7394, 9.6708)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAC38 #384ABE

analogous

#BE6938 #BEAC38 #8DBE38

triadic

#BEAC38 #38BEAC #AC38BE

tetradic

#BEAC38 #38BE69 #384ABE #BE388D

square

#BEAC38 #38BE69 #384ABE #BE388D

split-complementary

#BEAC38 #388DBE #6938BE

monochromatic

#5F561C #8F812A #BEAC38 #D1C262 #DFD492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BEAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BEAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAC38

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAC38	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)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c476',
    500: '#beac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beac38;
$custom-light: #d5c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73909,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAC38

secondary

#8891CA

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAC38

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

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