#BEA555#BEA555

#BEA555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA555
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -0.92, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 44.31, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0042 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.104 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3315, 38.5150, 14.1130)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA555 #556EBE

analogous

#BE7155 #BEA555 #A3BE55

triadic

#BEA555 #55BEA5 #A555BE

tetradic

#BEA555 #55BE71 #556EBE #BE55A3

square

#BEA555 #55BE71 #556EBE #BE55A3

split-complementary

#BEA555 #55A3BE #7155BE

monochromatic

#6E5E2A #9B843B #BEA555 #CFBC81 #E0D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BEA555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BEA555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA555

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA555	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf87',
    500: '#bea555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea555;
$custom-light: #d4bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72733,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA555

secondary

#A1ACCE

accent

#72D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA555

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

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