#BEA949#BEA949

#BEA949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.118 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA949
RGB	rgb(190, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -3.95, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 51.24, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0144 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.118 97)
XYZ	xyz(36.6273, 39.8058, 12.0560)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA949 #495EBE

analogous

#BE6F49 #BEA949 #99BE49

triadic

#BEA949 #49BEA9 #A949BE

tetradic

#BEA949 #49BE6F #495EBE #BE4999

square

#BEA949 #49BE6F #495EBE #BE4999

split-complementary

#BEA949 #4999BE #6F49BE

monochromatic

#685C25 #958435 #BEA949 #CEBE76 #DED4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BEA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BEA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA949

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA949	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.118 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c27f',
    500: '#bea949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea949;
$custom-light: #d4c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.39804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA949

secondary

#98A1CB

accent

#69D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA949

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

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