#BEAA59#BEAA59

#BEAA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA59
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -3.25, 43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 44.06, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0105 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.104 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4144, 40.4195, 15.2802)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA59 #596DBE

analogous

#BE7859 #BEAA59 #9FBE59

triadic

#BEAA59 #59BEAA #AA59BE

tetradic

#BEAA59 #59BE78 #596DBE #BE599F

square

#BEAA59 #59BE78 #596DBE #BE599F

split-complementary

#BEAA59 #599FBE #7859BE

monochromatic

#71632C #9D8A3D #BEAA59 #CFC185 #E0D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BEAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BEAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA59

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA59	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c38a',
    500: '#beaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa59;
$custom-light: #d4c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.119,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73829,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA59

secondary

#A4ADCF

accent

#6ED354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA59

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

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