#BEAE33#BEAE33

#BEAE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.138 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE33
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -7.85, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 61.91, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.028 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.138 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9705, 41.4599, 9.1865)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE33 #3343BE

analogous

#BE6933 #BEAE33 #88BE33

triadic

#BEAE33 #33BEAE #AE33BE

tetradic

#BEAE33 #33BE69 #3343BE #BE3388

square

#BEAE33 #33BE69 #3343BE #BE3388

split-complementary

#BEAE33 #3388BE #6933BE

monochromatic

#5E5619 #8E8226 #BEAE33 #D3C55B #E0D68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BEAE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE33

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE33	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)

#BEA91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.138 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c573',
    500: '#beae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae33;
$custom-light: #d5c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74299,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE33

secondary

#838BCA

accent

#59E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE33

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

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