#BEAA52#BEAA52

#BEAA52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA52
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -3.82, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 47.42, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.013 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.111 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1343, 40.3074, 13.8051)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA52 #5266BE

analogous

#BE7452 #BEAA52 #9CBE52

triadic

#BEAA52 #52BEAA #AA52BE

tetradic

#BEAA52 #52BE74 #5266BE #BE529C

square

#BEAA52 #52BE74 #5266BE #BE529C

split-complementary

#BEAA52 #529CBE #7452BE

monochromatic

#6D6029 #99883A #BEAA52 #CFC07E #DFD6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BEAA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BEAA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA52

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA52	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)

#B9A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c385',
    500: '#beaa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa52;
$custom-light: #d4c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73741,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA52

secondary

#9FA7CD

accent

#6BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA52

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

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