#BEAA46#BEAA46

#BEAA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.122 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA46
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -4.68, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 52.91, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0169 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.122 98)
XYZ	xyz(36.7170, 40.1405, 11.6070)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA46 #465ABE

analogous

#BE6E46 #BEAA46 #96BE46

triadic

#BEAA46 #46BEAA #AA46BE

tetradic

#BEAA46 #46BE6E #465ABE #BE4696

square

#BEAA46 #46BE6E #465ABE #BE4696

split-complementary

#BEAA46 #4696BE #6E46BE

monochromatic

#665B24 #938334 #BEAA46 #CEBF73 #DED4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BEAA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BEAA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA46

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA46	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.122 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37e',
    500: '#beaa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa46;
$custom-light: #d5c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73609,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.40139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA46

secondary

#959ECA

accent

#67D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA46

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

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