#BEAD38#BEAD38

#BEAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.134 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAD38
RGB	rgb(190, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -7.08, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 59.72, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0253 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.134 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8942, 41.1215, 9.7345)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAD38 #3849BE

analogous

#BE6A38 #BEAD38 #8CBE38

triadic

#BEAD38 #38BEAD #AD38BE

tetradic

#BEAD38 #38BE6A #3849BE #BE388C

square

#BEAD38 #38BE6A #3849BE #BE388C

split-complementary

#BEAD38 #388CBE #6A38BE

monochromatic

#5F571C #8F822A #BEAD38 #D1C362 #DFD592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BEAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BEAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAD38

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAD38	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)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bead38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.134 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c576',
    500: '#bead38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bead38;
$custom-light: #d5c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bead38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74122,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAD38

secondary

#8890CA

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAD38

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

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