#BEA932Hey Pesto (#BEA932) is a light, saturated yellow with an OKLCH hue of 99°, lightness 0.73 and chroma 0.135. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #BEA932 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(190, 169, 50) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 58%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 74%, 75%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 74%, 25%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(69.2 -5.3 60.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.732 0.135 99) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Hey Pesto shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#c3a428 — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#c3a92d — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#bea932 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#beaa34 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Hey Pesto in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.36:1 and against black 8.91:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#fff3b5 · #ddca67 · #bea932 · #8f7d00 · #675900 · #413800
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#b7dd94 · #b9c466 · #bea932 · #bb8e28 · #b2752c · #a25e34
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#bea932 · #6c9675 · #7d6d00 · #00622c · #3f3600 · #00260c
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#faf1bd · #d2ccae · #bea932 · #928852 · #5153aa · #322c0e
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#eff1ff · #bea932 · #918d7b · #53545d · #262310 · #010104
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#eff1fd · #c6c8d6 · #999baa · #202233 · #030210 · #bea932
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#eff1ff · #bea932 · #7f85ce · #47489d · #1b1457 · #060300
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b1dbed · #bea932 · #7f92ae · #82489c · #2b3653 · #1b0e04
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#def7ff · #bea932 · #239cb9 · #82306d · #420034 · #000408
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#d4fbf7 · #bea932 · #15a19a · #47489d · #480018 · #010010
#C8B656 · #D2C373 · #DCD08D · #E6DCA7 · #F1E9C0
#9D8A17 · #7D6C00 · #5D5000 · #3F3600 · #231D00
#B9A956 · #B4AA70 · #B0A986
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.