#BEAA49#BEAA49

#BEAA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.119 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA49
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -4.48, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 51.57, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0159 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.119 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8141, 40.1793, 12.1183)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA49 #495DBE

analogous

#BE7049 #BEAA49 #97BE49

triadic

#BEAA49 #49BEAA #AA49BE

tetradic

#BEAA49 #49BE70 #495DBE #BE4997

square

#BEAA49 #49BE70 #495DBE #BE4997

split-complementary

#BEAA49 #4997BE #7049BE

monochromatic

#685C25 #958435 #BEAA49 #CEBF76 #DED4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BEAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BEAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA49

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA49	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.119 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c380',
    500: '#beaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa49;
$custom-light: #d4c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7364,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA49

secondary

#98A0CB

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA49

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

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