#BEA55B#BEA55B

#BEA55B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.098 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA55B
RGB	rgb(190, 165, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -0.40, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 41.39, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.002 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.098 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5800, 38.6144, 15.4220)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA55B #5B74BE

analogous

#BE735B #BEA55B #A6BE5B

triadic

#BEA55B #5BBEA5 #A55BBE

tetradic

#BEA55B #5BBE73 #5B74BE #BE5BA6

square

#BEA55B #5BBE73 #5B74BE #BE5BA6

split-complementary

#BEA55B #5BA6BE #735BBE

monochromatic

#72602D #9D853E #BEA55B #CFBD87 #E1D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BEA55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BEA55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA55B

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA55B	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)

#B3A355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 165, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.098 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf8b',
    500: '#bea55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea55b;
$custom-light: #d4bf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.848,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72813,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA55B

secondary

#A6B0CF

accent

#75D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA55B

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

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