#BEA659#BEA659

#BEA659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.101 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA659
RGB	rgb(190, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -1.11, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 42.69, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0043 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.101 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6760, 38.9425, 15.0341)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA659 #5971BE

analogous

#BE7459 #BEA659 #A3BE59

triadic

#BEA659 #59BEA6 #A659BE

tetradic

#BEA659 #59BE74 #5971BE #BE59A3

square

#BEA659 #59BE74 #5971BE #BE59A3

split-complementary

#BEA659 #59A3BE #7459BE

monochromatic

#71602C #9D863D #BEA659 #CFBE85 #E0D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BEA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BEA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA659

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA659	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.101 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c08a',
    500: '#bea659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea659;
$custom-light: #d4c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72994,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA659

secondary

#A4AECF

accent

#73D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA659

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

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