#BEAD51#BEAD51

#BEAD51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAD51
RGB	rgb(190, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -5.48, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 48.95, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0179 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(37.6654, 41.4299, 13.7958)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAD51 #5162BE

analogous

#BE7651 #BEAD51 #98BE51

triadic

#BEAD51 #51BEAD #AD51BE

tetradic

#BEAD51 #51BE76 #5162BE #BE5198

square

#BEAD51 #51BE76 #5162BE #BE5198

split-complementary

#BEAD51 #5198BE #7651BE

monochromatic

#6C6228 #998A39 #BEAD51 #CFC27E #DFD7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BEAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAD51

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAD51	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bead51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c585',
    500: '#bead51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bead51;
$custom-light: #d4c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bead51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74362,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.41428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAD51

secondary

#9EA5CD

accent

#67D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAD51

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

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