#BEAC46#BEAC46

#BEAC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAC46
RGB	rgb(190, 172, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -5.74, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 53.59, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0199 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0948, 40.8960, 11.7330)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAC46 #4658BE

analogous

#BE7046 #BEAC46 #94BE46

triadic

#BEAC46 #46BEAC #AC46BE

tetradic

#BEAC46 #46BE70 #4658BE #BE4694

square

#BEAC46 #46BE70 #4658BE #BE4694

split-complementary

#BEAC46 #4694BE #7046BE

monochromatic

#665C24 #938534 #BEAC46 #CEC073 #DED5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BEAC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BEAC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAC46

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAC46	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beac46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 172, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c47e',
    500: '#beac46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beac46;
$custom-light: #d5c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beac46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74032,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAC46

secondary

#959DCA

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAC46

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

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