#BEAE42#BEAE42

#BEAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE42
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -7.04, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 56.00, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0241 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3562, 41.6142, 11.2178)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE42 #4252BE

analogous

#BE7042 #BEAE42 #90BE42

triadic

#BEAE42 #42BEAE #AE42BE

tetradic

#BEAE42 #42BE70 #4252BE #BE4290

square

#BEAE42 #42BE70 #4252BE #BE4290

split-complementary

#BEAE42 #4290BE #7042BE

monochromatic

#635B22 #918532 #BEAE42 #CEC270 #DDD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BEAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE42

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE42	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57c',
    500: '#beae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae42;
$custom-light: #d5c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74418,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE42

secondary

#9299CA

accent

#61D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE42

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

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