#BEAA55#BEAA55

#BEAA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA55
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -3.58, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 45.99, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0119 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.108 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2510, 40.3541, 14.4195)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA55 #5569BE

analogous

#BE7655 #BEAA55 #9EBE55

triadic

#BEAA55 #55BEAA #AA55BE

tetradic

#BEAA55 #55BE76 #5569BE #BE559E

square

#BEAA55 #55BE76 #5569BE #BE559E

split-complementary

#BEAA55 #559EBE #7655BE

monochromatic

#6E612A #9B883B #BEAA55 #CFC081 #E0D6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BEAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BEAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA55

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA55	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c387',
    500: '#beaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa55;
$custom-light: #d4c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.10821,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA55

secondary

#A1AACE

accent

#6CD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA55

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

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