#BEA451#BEA451

#BEA451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA451
RGB	rgb(190, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -0.70, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 45.90, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0041 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.107 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9974, 38.0939, 13.2398)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA451 #516BBE

analogous

#BE6D51 #BEA451 #A1BE51

triadic

#BEA451 #51BEA4 #A451BE

tetradic

#BEA451 #51BE6D #516BBE #BE51A1

square

#BEA451 #51BE6D #516BBE #BE51A1

split-complementary

#BEA451 #51A1BE #6D51BE

monochromatic

#6C5C28 #998239 #BEA451 #CFBB7E #DFD3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BEA451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BEA451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA451

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA451	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be84',
    500: '#bea451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea451;
$custom-light: #d4be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.688,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA451

secondary

#9EA9CD

accent

#72D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA451

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

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