#BEAC49#BEAC49

#BEAC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAC49
RGB	rgb(190, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -5.54, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 52.26, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.019 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.121 99)
XYZ	xyz(37.1918, 40.9349, 12.2442)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAC49 #495BBE

analogous

#BE7249 #BEAC49 #96BE49

triadic

#BEAC49 #49BEAC #AC49BE

tetradic

#BEAC49 #49BE72 #495BBE #BE4996

square

#BEAC49 #49BE72 #495BBE #BE4996

split-complementary

#BEAC49 #4996BE #7249BE

monochromatic

#685D25 #958635 #BEAC49 #CEC176 #DED5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BEAC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BEAC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAC49

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAC49	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c480',
    500: '#beac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beac49;
$custom-light: #d4c480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74062,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.40933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAC49

secondary

#98A0CB

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAC49

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

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