#BEAE35#BEAE35

#BEAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.137 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE35
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -7.75, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 61.18, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0275 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.137 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0155, 41.4779, 9.4238)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE35 #3545BE

analogous

#BE6A35 #BEAE35 #89BE35

triadic

#BEAE35 #35BEAE #AE35BE

tetradic

#BEAE35 #35BE6A #3545BE #BE3589

square

#BEAE35 #35BE6A #3545BE #BE3589

split-complementary

#BEAE35 #3589BE #6A35BE

monochromatic

#5E561A #8E8228 #BEAE35 #D2C55E #DFD68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BEAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE35

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE35	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.137 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c574',
    500: '#beae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae35;
$custom-light: #d5c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74313,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE35

secondary

#858DCA

accent

#5AE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE35

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

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