#BEAE41#BEAE41

#BEAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE41
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -7.10, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 56.42, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0244 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3270, 41.6025, 11.0639)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE41 #4151BE

analogous

#BE6F41 #BEAE41 #90BE41

triadic

#BEAE41 #41BEAE #AE41BE

tetradic

#BEAE41 #41BE6F #4151BE #BE4190

square

#BEAE41 #41BE6F #4151BE #BE4190

split-complementary

#BEAE41 #4190BE #6F41BE

monochromatic

#635A22 #908431 #BEAE41 #CEC16F #DDD59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BEAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE41

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE41	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)

#BEA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57b',
    500: '#beae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae41;
$custom-light: #d5c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74409,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE41

secondary

#9199C9

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE41

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

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