#BEAA44#BEAA44

#BEAA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.123 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA44
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -4.81, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 53.79, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0175 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.123 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6549, 40.1156, 11.2801)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA44 #4458BE

analogous

#BE6D44 #BEAA44 #95BE44

triadic

#BEAA44 #44BEAA #AA44BE

tetradic

#BEAA44 #44BE6D #4458BE #BE4495

square

#BEAA44 #44BE6D #4458BE #BE4495

split-complementary

#BEAA44 #4495BE #6D44BE

monochromatic

#655A23 #928233 #BEAA44 #CEBF71 #DED39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BEAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BEAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA44

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA44	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.123 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37c',
    500: '#beaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa44;
$custom-light: #d5c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73589,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA44

secondary

#949DCA

accent

#66D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA44

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

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