#BEA85E#BEA85E

#BEA85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.098 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA85E
RGB	rgb(190, 168, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 50.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -1.74, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 40.91, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0056 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.098 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2595, 39.7622, 16.2998)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA85E #5E74BE

analogous

#BE785E #BEA85E #A4BE5E

triadic

#BEA85E #5EBEA8 #A85EBE

tetradic

#BEA85E #5EBE78 #5E74BE #BE5EA4

square

#BEA85E #5EBE78 #5E74BE #BE5EA4

split-complementary

#BEA85E #5EA4BE #785EBE

monochromatic

#73632E #9F8940 #BEA85E #D0C08A #E1D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BEA85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BEA85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA85E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA85E	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 168, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.098 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c18d',
    500: '#bea85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea85e;
$custom-light: #d4c18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7348,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA85E

secondary

#A8B1D0

accent

#72D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA85E

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

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