#BEAB55#BEAB55

#BEAB55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.109 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAB55
RGB	rgb(190, 171, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -4.11, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 46.34, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0135 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.109 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4392, 40.7304, 14.4822)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAB55 #5568BE

analogous

#BE7755 #BEAB55 #9DBE55

triadic

#BEAB55 #55BEAB #AB55BE

tetradic

#BEAB55 #55BE77 #5568BE #BE559D

square

#BEAB55 #55BE77 #5568BE #BE559D

split-complementary

#BEAB55 #559DBE #7755BE

monochromatic

#6E622A #9B893B #BEAB55 #CFC181 #E0D7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BEAB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BEAB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAB55

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAB55	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beab55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 171, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.109 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c387',
    500: '#beab55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beab55;
$custom-light: #d4c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beab55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAB55

secondary

#A1A9CE

accent

#6BD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAB55

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

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