Information about #BEA12D color

#BEA12D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BEA12D falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(190, 161, 45) — 74.5% red, 63.1% green, 17.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 11 / 57 / 25. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BEA12D reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Greenfinch (#BDA928). Slightly further away sit Karma (#B6A237) and Sahara (#B79826).

In RGB terms — rgb(190, 161, 45) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BEA12D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BEA12D color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BEA12D color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BEA12D

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Greenfinch color link
Greenfinch

#BDA928

Karma color link
Karma

#B6A237

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Day's Eye color link
Day's Eye

#C89828

Funk color link
Funk

#C6AA24

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Nugget color link
Nugget

#BC9229

Rustic Gold color link
Rustic Gold

#C2A03D

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BEA12D
  • RGB190, 161, 45
  • CMYK0, 11, 57, 25
  • CSSrgb(190, 161, 45)
  • HSL48°, 62%, 46%
  • HSL Precise48°, 61.702%, 46.078%
  • HSV48°, 76%, 75%
  • HSB48°, 76%, 75%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.745
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.631
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.176
  • GLSLvec3(0.745, 0.631, 0.176)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.745, 0.631, 0.176, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.745, 0.631, 0.176)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB74.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB63.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB17.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBEA12D
  • DECIMAL ID12493101
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01