#BEAA51#BEAA51

#BEAA51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA51
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -3.90, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 47.89, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0133 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.112 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0966, 40.2923, 13.6061)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA51 #5165BE

analogous

#BE7351 #BEAA51 #9BBE51

triadic

#BEAA51 #51BEAA #AA51BE

tetradic

#BEAA51 #51BE73 #5165BE #BE519B

square

#BEAA51 #51BE73 #5165BE #BE519B

split-complementary

#BEAA51 #519BBE #7351BE

monochromatic

#6C6028 #998739 #BEAA51 #CFC07E #DFD6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BEAA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BEAA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA51

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA51	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c385',
    500: '#beaa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa51;
$custom-light: #d4c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73729,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA51

secondary

#9EA7CD

accent

#6BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA51

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

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