#BEAF36#BEAF36

#BEAF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAF36
RGB	rgb(190, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -8.23, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 61.14, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0288 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.137 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2327, 41.8750, 9.6108)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAF36 #3645BE

analogous

#BE6B36 #BEAF36 #89BE36

triadic

#BEAF36 #36BEAF #AF36BE

tetradic

#BEAF36 #36BE6B #3645BE #BE3689

square

#BEAF36 #36BE6B #3645BE #BE3689

split-complementary

#BEAF36 #3689BE #6B36BE

monochromatic

#5F571B #8E8328 #BEAF36 #D2C560 #DFD68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BEAF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAF36

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAF36	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c675',
    500: '#beaf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaf36;
$custom-light: #d5c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74534,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAF36

secondary

#868DCA

accent

#59DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAF36

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

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