#BEAC44#BEAC44

#BEAC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAC44
RGB	rgb(190, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -5.87, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 54.46, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0205 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0327, 40.8712, 11.4060)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAC44 #4456BE

analogous

#BE6F44 #BEAC44 #93BE44

triadic

#BEAC44 #44BEAC #AC44BE

tetradic

#BEAC44 #44BE6F #4456BE #BE4493

square

#BEAC44 #44BE6F #4456BE #BE4493

split-complementary

#BEAC44 #4493BE #6F44BE

monochromatic

#655B23 #928433 #BEAC44 #CEC071 #DED49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BEAC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BEAC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAC44

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAC44	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)

#BCA838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c47d',
    500: '#beac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beac44;
$custom-light: #d5c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74012,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAC44

secondary

#949CCA

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAC44

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

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