#BEAC3B#BEAC3B

#BEAC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAC3B
RGB	rgb(190, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -6.40, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 58.21, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.023 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7788, 40.7696, 10.0689)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAC3B #3B4DBE

analogous

#BE6B3B #BEAC3B #8FBE3B

triadic

#BEAC3B #3BBEAC #AC3BBE

tetradic

#BEAC3B #3BBE6B #3B4DBE #BE3B8F

square

#BEAC3B #3BBE6B #3B4DBE #BE3B8F

split-complementary

#BEAC3B #3B8FBE #6B3BBE

monochromatic

#61571E #8F822C #BEAC3B #D0C167 #DED495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BEAC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BEAC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAC3B

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAC3B	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c477',
    500: '#beac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beac3b;
$custom-light: #d5c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73933,
    "c": 0.13156,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAC3B

secondary

#8B94CA

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAC3B

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

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