#BEAE39#BEAE39

#BEAE39 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	#BEAE39
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -7.55, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 59.66, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0265 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1114, 41.5163, 9.9287)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE39 #3949BE

analogous

#BE6B39 #BEAE39 #8BBE39

triadic

#BEAE39 #39BEAE #AE39BE

tetradic

#BEAE39 #39BE6B #3949BE #BE398B

square

#BEAE39 #39BE6B #3949BE #BE398B

split-complementary

#BEAE39 #398BBE #6B39BE

monochromatic

#60581D #8F832B #BEAE39 #D0C364 #DFD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BEAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE39

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE39	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)

#BEA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c576',
    500: '#beae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae39;
$custom-light: #d5c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74343,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE39

secondary

#8991CA

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE39

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

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