#BEAD37#BEAD37

#BEAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAD37
RGB	rgb(190, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -7.13, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 60.10, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0256 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8700, 41.1118, 9.6070)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAD37 #3748BE

analogous

#BE6937 #BEAD37 #8CBE37

triadic

#BEAD37 #37BEAD #AD37BE

tetradic

#BEAD37 #37BE69 #3748BE #BE378C

square

#BEAD37 #37BE69 #3748BE #BE378C

split-complementary

#BEAD37 #378CBE #6937BE

monochromatic

#5F571C #8F8229 #BEAD37 #D1C361 #DFD590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BEAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BEAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAD37

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAD37	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)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bead37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c575',
    500: '#bead37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bead37;
$custom-light: #d5c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bead37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74114,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAD37

secondary

#878FCA

accent

#5CDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAD37

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

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