#BEAB49#BEAB49

#BEAB49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.120 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAB49
RGB	rgb(190, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -5.01, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 51.91, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0175 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.12 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0022, 40.5556, 12.1810)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAB49 #495CBE

analogous

#BE7149 #BEAB49 #97BE49

triadic

#BEAB49 #49BEAB #AB49BE

tetradic

#BEAB49 #49BE71 #495CBE #BE4997

square

#BEAB49 #49BE71 #495CBE #BE4997

split-complementary

#BEAB49 #4997BE #7149BE

monochromatic

#685D25 #958535 #BEAB49 #CEC076 #DED5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BEAB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BEAB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAB49

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAB49	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)

#BAA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.120 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c380',
    500: '#beab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beab49;
$custom-light: #d4c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73851,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAB49

secondary

#98A0CB

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAB49

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

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