#BEAD36#BEAD36

#BEAD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAD36
RGB	rgb(190, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -7.18, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 60.48, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0258 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(36.8463, 41.1023, 9.4820)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAD36 #3647BE

analogous

#BE6936 #BEAD36 #8BBE36

triadic

#BEAD36 #36BEAD #AD36BE

tetradic

#BEAD36 #36BE69 #3647BE #BE368B

square

#BEAD36 #36BE69 #3647BE #BE368B

split-complementary

#BEAD36 #368BBE #6936BE

monochromatic

#5F561B #8E8228 #BEAD36 #D2C360 #DFD58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BEAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BEAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAD36

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAD36	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bead36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c575',
    500: '#bead36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bead36;
$custom-light: #d5c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bead36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAD36

secondary

#868ECA

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAD36

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

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