Palettes / Colors / #BEA623

#BEA623 — Yellow

#BEA623 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #BEA623 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.

#BEA623 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #233ABE; it also sits naturally between #BE5923 and #87BE23. 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 65% · Blue 14%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 82% · Key 25%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BEA623

.text { color: #BEA623; }
.background { background-color: #BEA623; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEA623; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 166, 35); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 69%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEA623; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 166, 35, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEA623; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 166, 35, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEA623">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEA623">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEA623

Tints of #BEA623

Tones of #BEA623

Color harmonies

Complementary — #233ABE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BEA623: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEA623

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 #BEA623 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 #BEA623 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

← #BEA622  ·  #BEA624 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEA623?

#BEA623 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 190, 166, 35). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEA623?

#BEA623 is RGB 190, 166, 35 — HSL 51°, 69%, 44% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 82%, 25%.

What colors go with #BEA623?

Its complement is #233ABE; analogous partners are #BE5923 and #87BE23. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEA623 for text?

Black text on #BEA623 has a contrast ratio of 8.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.42:1.