Palettes / Colors / #BEA137

#BEA137 — Yellow

#BEA137 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color Peru (#CD853F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: peru (#CD853F) — not an exact match. CSS peru gives you #CD853F, a different color; use #BEA137 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BEA137 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #3754BE; it also sits naturally between #BE5D37 and #98BE37. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 63% · Blue 22%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 71% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BEA137

.text { color: #BEA137; }
.background { background-color: #BEA137; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEA137; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 161, 55); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 55%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEA137; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 161, 55, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEA137; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 161, 55, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEA137">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEA137">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEA137

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #3754BE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BEA137: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEA137

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BEA137 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEA137 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEA137?

#BEA137 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 190, 161, 55). Its closest standard named color is Peru.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEA137?

#BEA137 is RGB 190, 161, 55 — HSL 47°, 55%, 48% — CMYK 0%, 15%, 71%, 25%.

What colors go with #BEA137?

Its complement is #3754BE; analogous partners are #BE5D37 and #98BE37. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEA137 for text?

Black text on #BEA137 has a contrast ratio of 8.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.52:1.