#BEAA61#BEAA61

#BEAA61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.096 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA61
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -2.52, 40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 40.12, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0075 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.096 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7688, 40.5612, 17.1466)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA61 #6175BE

analogous

#BE7C61 #BEAA61 #A4BE61

triadic

#BEAA61 #61BEAA #AA61BE

tetradic

#BEAA61 #61BE7C #6175BE #BE61A4

square

#BEAA61 #61BE7C #6175BE #BE61A4

split-complementary

#BEAA61 #61A4BE #7C61BE

monochromatic

#756630 #A08C42 #BEAA61 #D0C18C #E2D9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BEAA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BEAA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA61

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA61	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.096 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c38f',
    500: '#beaa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa61;
$custom-light: #d3c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.097,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73941,
    "c": 0.09619,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA61

secondary

#AAB2D1

accent

#71D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA61

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

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