#BEAC57#BEAC57

#BEAC57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.108 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAC57
RGB	rgb(190, 172, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -4.47, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 45.75, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0143 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.108 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7094, 41.1419, 14.9698)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAC57 #5769BE

analogous

#BE7957 #BEAC57 #9CBE57

triadic

#BEAC57 #57BEAC #AC57BE

tetradic

#BEAC57 #57BE79 #5769BE #BE579C

square

#BEAC57 #57BE79 #5769BE #BE579C

split-complementary

#BEAC57 #579CBE #7957BE

monochromatic

#6F642B #9C8B3C #BEAC57 #CFC283 #E0D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BEAC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BEAC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAC57

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAC57	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beac57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 172, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.108 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c489',
    500: '#beac57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beac57;
$custom-light: #d4c489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beac57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.515,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74224,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAC57

secondary

#A3AACE

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAC57

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

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