#BEAF40#BEAF40

#BEAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.130 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAF40
RGB	rgb(190, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -7.69, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 57.19, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0261 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.13 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4921, 41.9788, 10.9773)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAF40 #404FBE

analogous

#BE7040 #BEAF40 #8EBE40

triadic

#BEAF40 #40BEAF #AF40BE

tetradic

#BEAF40 #40BE70 #404FBE #BE408E

square

#BEAF40 #40BE70 #404FBE #BE408E

split-complementary

#BEAF40 #408EBE #7040BE

monochromatic

#625B21 #908531 #BEAF40 #CEC26D #DDD59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BEAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAF40

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAF40	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.130 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c67b',
    500: '#beaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaf40;
$custom-light: #d5c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74613,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAF40

secondary

#9097C9

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAF40

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

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