#BEAD40#BEAD40

#BEAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAD40
RGB	rgb(190, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -6.64, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 56.50, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0232 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1058, 41.2061, 10.8486)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAD40 #4051BE

analogous

#BE6E40 #BEAD40 #90BE40

triadic

#BEAD40 #40BEAD #AD40BE

tetradic

#BEAD40 #40BE6E #4051BE #BE4090

square

#BEAD40 #40BE6E #4051BE #BE4090

split-complementary

#BEAD40 #4090BE #6E40BE

monochromatic

#625A21 #908331 #BEAD40 #CEC16D #DDD49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BEAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BEAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAD40

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAD40	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bead40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57a',
    500: '#bead40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bead40;
$custom-light: #d5c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bead40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74188,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAD40

secondary

#9098C9

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAD40

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

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