#BEA557#BEA557

#BEA557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA557
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -0.75, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 43.34, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0035 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.102 92)
XYZ	xyz(36.4120, 38.5473, 14.5374)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA557 #5770BE

analogous

#BE7257 #BEA557 #A4BE57

triadic

#BEA557 #57BEA5 #A557BE

tetradic

#BEA557 #57BE72 #5770BE #BE57A4

square

#BEA557 #57BE72 #5770BE #BE57A4

split-complementary

#BEA557 #57A4BE #7257BE

monochromatic

#6F5F2B #9C843C #BEA557 #CFBD83 #E0D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BEA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BEA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA557

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA557	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf88',
    500: '#bea557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea557;
$custom-light: #d4bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.437,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.38546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA557

secondary

#A3ADCE

accent

#73D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA557

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

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