#BEAD59#BEAD59

#BEAD59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.107 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAD59
RGB	rgb(190, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -4.83, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 45.15, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0151 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.107 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9832, 41.5571, 15.4698)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAD59 #596ABE

analogous

#BE7B59 #BEAD59 #9DBE59

triadic

#BEAD59 #59BEAD #AD59BE

tetradic

#BEAD59 #59BE7B #596ABE #BE599D

square

#BEAD59 #59BE7B #596ABE #BE599D

split-complementary

#BEAD59 #599DBE #7B59BE

monochromatic

#71652C #9D8C3D #BEAD59 #CFC385 #E0D8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BEAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAD59

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAD59	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bead59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.107 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c58a',
    500: '#bead59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bead59;
$custom-light: #d4c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bead59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7446,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAD59

secondary

#A4ABCF

accent

#6AD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAD59

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

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