#BEAE37#BEAE37

#BEAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE37
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -7.65, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 60.43, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.027 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0625, 41.4967, 9.6711)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE37 #3747BE

analogous

#BE6A37 #BEAE37 #8ABE37

triadic

#BEAE37 #37BEAE #AE37BE

tetradic

#BEAE37 #37BE6A #3747BE #BE378A

square

#BEAE37 #37BE6A #3747BE #BE378A

split-complementary

#BEAE37 #378ABE #6A37BE

monochromatic

#5F571C #8F8329 #BEAE37 #D1C461 #DFD690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BEAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE37

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE37	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)

#BEA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c575',
    500: '#beae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae37;
$custom-light: #d5c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74328,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE37

secondary

#878FCA

accent

#5BDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE37

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

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