#BEAB56#BEAB56

#BEAB56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAB56
RGB	rgb(190, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -4.03, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 45.87, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0131 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.108 97)
XYZ	xyz(37.4792, 40.7464, 14.6929)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAB56 #5669BE

analogous

#BE7756 #BEAB56 #9DBE56

triadic

#BEAB56 #56BEAB #AB56BE

tetradic

#BEAB56 #56BE77 #5669BE #BE569D

square

#BEAB56 #56BE77 #5669BE #BE569D

split-complementary

#BEAB56 #569DBE #7756BE

monochromatic

#6F622B #9B8A3C #BEAB56 #CFC182 #E0D7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BEAB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BEAB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAB56

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAB56	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)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c388',
    500: '#beab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beab56;
$custom-light: #d4c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.038,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74001,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.40745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAB56

secondary

#A2AACE

accent

#6BD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAB56

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

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