#BEAD4E#BEAD4E

#BEAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAD4E
RGB	rgb(190, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -5.71, 50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 50.34, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0189 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.117 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5554, 41.3859, 13.2163)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAD4E #4E5FBE

analogous

#BE754E #BEAD4E #97BE4E

triadic

#BEAD4E #4EBEAD #AD4EBE

tetradic

#BEAD4E #4EBE75 #4E5FBE #BE4E97

square

#BEAD4E #4EBE75 #4E5FBE #BE4E97

split-complementary

#BEAD4E #4E97BE #754EBE

monochromatic

#6A6027 #978938 #BEAD4E #CEC27B #DFD6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BEAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAD4E

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAD4E	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bead4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c583',
    500: '#bead4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bead4e;
$custom-light: #d4c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bead4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74328,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAD4E

secondary

#9CA3CC

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAD4E

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

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