#BEA55A#BEA55A

#BEA55A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.099 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA55A
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 52.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -0.49, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 41.88, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0024 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.099 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5372, 38.5973, 15.1964)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA55A #5A73BE

analogous

#BE735A #BEA55A #A5BE5A

triadic

#BEA55A #5ABEA5 #A55ABE

tetradic

#BEA55A #5ABE73 #5A73BE #BE5AA5

square

#BEA55A #5ABE73 #5A73BE #BE5AA5

split-complementary

#BEA55A #5AA5BE #735ABE

monochromatic

#71602D #9D853E #BEA55A #CFBD86 #E1D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BEA55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BEA55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA55A

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA55A	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)

#B3A353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.099 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf8a',
    500: '#bea55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea55a;
$custom-light: #d4bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA55A

secondary

#A5AFCF

accent

#74D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA55A

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

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