#BEAE3D#BEAE3D

#BEAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE3D
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 67.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -7.34, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 58.07, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0255 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2152, 41.5578, 10.4752)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE3D #3D4DBE

analogous

#BE6E3D #BEAE3D #8EBE3D

triadic

#BEAE3D #3DBEAE #AE3DBE

tetradic

#BEAE3D #3DBE6E #3D4DBE #BE3D8E

square

#BEAE3D #3DBE6E #3D4DBE #BE3D8E

split-complementary

#BEAE3D #3D8EBE #6E3DBE

monochromatic

#61591F #90842E #BEAE3D #CFC269 #DED598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BEAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BEAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE3D

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE3D	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)

#BEA92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c579',
    500: '#beae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae3d;
$custom-light: #d5c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74375,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE3D

secondary

#8D95C9

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE3D

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

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