#BEAD42#BEAD42

#BEAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAD42
RGB	rgb(190, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -6.52, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 55.66, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0226 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1637, 41.2293, 11.1537)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAD42 #4253BE

analogous

#BE6F42 #BEAD42 #91BE42

triadic

#BEAD42 #42BEAD #AD42BE

tetradic

#BEAD42 #42BE6F #4253BE #BE4291

square

#BEAD42 #42BE6F #4253BE #BE4291

split-complementary

#BEAD42 #4291BE #6F42BE

monochromatic

#635A22 #918432 #BEAD42 #CEC170 #DDD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BEAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BEAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAD42

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAD42	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bead42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57c',
    500: '#bead42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bead42;
$custom-light: #d5c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bead42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74206,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAD42

secondary

#929ACA

accent

#62D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAD42

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

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