#BEAE32#BEAE32

#BEAE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE32
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 73.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -7.89, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 62.27, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0282 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9487, 41.4512, 9.0716)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE32 #3242BE

analogous

#BE6832 #BEAE32 #88BE32

triadic

#BEAE32 #32BEAE #AE32BE

tetradic

#BEAE32 #32BE68 #3242BE #BE3288

square

#BEAE32 #32BE68 #3242BE #BE3288

split-complementary

#BEAE32 #3288BE #6832BE

monochromatic

#5D5519 #8E8225 #BEAE32 #D3C65A #E0D68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BEAE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE32

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE32	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA91B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c573',
    500: '#beae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae32;
$custom-light: #d5c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74292,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE32

secondary

#828ACA

accent

#58E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE32

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

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