#BEAD55#BEAD55

#BEAD55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.111 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAD55
RGB	rgb(190, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -5.17, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 47.07, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0165 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.111 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8198, 41.4917, 14.6091)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAD55 #5566BE

analogous

#BE7955 #BEAD55 #9BBE55

triadic

#BEAD55 #55BEAD #AD55BE

tetradic

#BEAD55 #55BE79 #5566BE #BE559B

square

#BEAD55 #55BE79 #5566BE #BE559B

split-complementary

#BEAD55 #559BBE #7955BE

monochromatic

#6E632A #9B8B3B #BEAD55 #CFC281 #E0D8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BEAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAD55

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAD55	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bead55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.111 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c587',
    500: '#bead55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bead55;
$custom-light: #d4c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bead55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7441,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAD55

secondary

#A1A8CE

accent

#68D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAD55

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

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