#BEAA56#BEAA56

#BEAA56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA56
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -3.50, 45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 45.51, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0116 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.107 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2910, 40.3701, 14.6302)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA56 #566ABE

analogous

#BE7656 #BEAA56 #9EBE56

triadic

#BEAA56 #56BEAA #AA56BE

tetradic

#BEAA56 #56BE76 #566ABE #BE569E

square

#BEAA56 #56BE76 #566ABE #BE569E

split-complementary

#BEAA56 #569EBE #7656BE

monochromatic

#6F622B #9B893C #BEAA56 #CFC082 #E0D6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BEAA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BEAA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA56

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA56	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c388',
    500: '#beaa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa56;
$custom-light: #d4c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7379,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA56

secondary

#A2AACE

accent

#6CD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA56

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

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