#BEAC40#BEAC40

#BEAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAC40
RGB	rgb(190, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -6.11, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 56.16, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0217 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9147, 40.8240, 10.7849)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAC40 #4052BE

analogous

#BE6D40 #BEAC40 #91BE40

triadic

#BEAC40 #40BEAC #AC40BE

tetradic

#BEAC40 #40BE6D #4052BE #BE4091

square

#BEAC40 #40BE6D #4052BE #BE4091

split-complementary

#BEAC40 #4091BE #6D40BE

monochromatic

#625921 #908331 #BEAC40 #CEC06D #DDD49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BEAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BEAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAC40

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAC40	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c47a',
    500: '#beac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beac40;
$custom-light: #d5c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73976,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAC40

secondary

#9099C9

accent

#62D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAC40

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

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