#BEA251#BEA251

#BEA251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA251
RGB	rgb(190, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 0.37, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 45.29, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.001 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.106 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6423, 37.3837, 13.1214)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA251 #516DBE

analogous

#BE6B51 #BEA251 #A3BE51

triadic

#BEA251 #51BEA2 #A251BE

tetradic

#BEA251 #51BE6B #516DBE #BE51A3

square

#BEA251 #51BE6B #516DBE #BE51A3

split-complementary

#BEA251 #51A3BE #6B51BE

monochromatic

#6C5B28 #998039 #BEA251 #CFBA7E #DFD2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BEA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BEA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA251

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA251	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd84',
    500: '#bea251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea251;
$custom-light: #d4bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.587,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72059,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA251

secondary

#9EAACD

accent

#74D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA251

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

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