#BEAE38#BEAE38

#BEAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE38
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -7.60, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 60.05, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0268 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0867, 41.5064, 9.7986)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE38 #3848BE

analogous

#BE6B38 #BEAE38 #8BBE38

triadic

#BEAE38 #38BEAE #AE38BE

tetradic

#BEAE38 #38BE6B #3848BE #BE388B

square

#BEAE38 #38BE6B #3848BE #BE388B

split-complementary

#BEAE38 #388BBE #6B38BE

monochromatic

#5F571C #8F832A #BEAE38 #D1C462 #DFD692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BEAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE38

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE38	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)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c576',
    500: '#beae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae38;
$custom-light: #d5c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74335,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE38

secondary

#8890CA

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE38

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

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