#BEAE40#BEAE40

#BEAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE40
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -7.16, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 56.84, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0247 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(37.2982, 41.5910, 10.9127)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE40 #4050BE

analogous

#BE6F40 #BEAE40 #8FBE40

triadic

#BEAE40 #40BEAE #AE40BE

tetradic

#BEAE40 #40BE6F #4050BE #BE408F

square

#BEAE40 #40BE6F #4050BE #BE408F

split-complementary

#BEAE40 #408FBE #6F40BE

monochromatic

#625A21 #908431 #BEAE40 #CEC26D #DDD59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BEAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE40

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE40	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57a',
    500: '#beae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae40;
$custom-light: #d5c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.744,
    "c": 0.12962,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE40

secondary

#9098C9

accent

#60D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE40

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

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