#BEAE3B#BEAE3B

#BEAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE3B
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -7.45, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 58.87, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.026 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1623, 41.5366, 10.1967)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE3B #3B4BBE

analogous

#BE6D3B #BEAE3B #8DBE3B

triadic

#BEAE3B #3BBEAE #AE3BBE

tetradic

#BEAE3B #3BBE6D #3B4BBE #BE3B8D

square

#BEAE3B #3BBE6D #3B4BBE #BE3B8D

split-complementary

#BEAE3B #3B8DBE #6D3BBE

monochromatic

#61581E #8F832C #BEAE3B #D0C367 #DED595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BEAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE3B

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE3B	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c578',
    500: '#beae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae3b;
$custom-light: #d5c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74358,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE3B

secondary

#8B93CA

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE3B

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

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