#BEAE3C#BEAE3C

#BEAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE3C
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -7.39, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 58.48, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0258 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1885, 41.5471, 10.3346)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE3C #3C4CBE

analogous

#BE6D3C #BEAE3C #8DBE3C

triadic

#BEAE3C #3CBEAE #AE3CBE

tetradic

#BEAE3C #3CBE6D #3C4CBE #BE3C8D

square

#BEAE3C #3CBE6D #3C4CBE #BE3C8D

split-complementary

#BEAE3C #3C8DBE #6D3CBE

monochromatic

#61591F #8F832D #BEAE3C #CFC368 #DED596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BEAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE3C

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE3C	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)

#BEA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c578',
    500: '#beae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae3c;
$custom-light: #d5c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74367,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE3C

secondary

#8C94CA

accent

#5EDB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE3C

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

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