#BEAB5B#BEAB5B

#BEAB5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.103 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAB5B
RGB	rgb(190, 171, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -3.60, 43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 43.44, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0113 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.103 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6877, 40.8298, 15.7913)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAB5B #5B6EBE

analogous

#BE7A5B #BEAB5B #9FBE5B

triadic

#BEAB5B #5BBEAB #AB5BBE

tetradic

#BEAB5B #5BBE7A #5B6EBE #BE5B9F

square

#BEAB5B #5BBE7A #5B6EBE #BE5B9F

split-complementary

#BEAB5B #5B9FBE #7A5BBE

monochromatic

#72642D #9D8B3E #BEAB5B #CFC187 #E1D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BEAB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BEAB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAB5B

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAB5B	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beab5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 171, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.103 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c38b',
    500: '#beab5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beab5b;
$custom-light: #d4c38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beab5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74066,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAB5B

secondary

#A6AECF

accent

#6DD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAB5B

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

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