#BEA559#BEA559

#BEA559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.100 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA559
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -0.58, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 42.37, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0028 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.1 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4949, 38.5804, 14.9737)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA559 #5972BE

analogous

#BE7359 #BEA559 #A4BE59

triadic

#BEA559 #59BEA5 #A559BE

tetradic

#BEA559 #59BE73 #5972BE #BE59A4

square

#BEA559 #59BE73 #5972BE #BE59A4

split-complementary

#BEA559 #59A4BE #7359BE

monochromatic

#71602C #9D853D #BEA559 #CFBD85 #E0D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BEA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BEA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA559

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA559	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.100 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf8a',
    500: '#bea559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea559;
$custom-light: #d4bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72786,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA559

secondary

#A4AFCF

accent

#74D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA559

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

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