#BEAE44#BEAE44

#BEAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.127 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE44
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -6.92, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 55.15, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0235 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.127 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4162, 41.6382, 11.5338)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE44 #4454BE

analogous

#BE7144 #BEAE44 #91BE44

triadic

#BEAE44 #44BEAE #AE44BE

tetradic

#BEAE44 #44BE71 #4454BE #BE4491

square

#BEAE44 #44BE71 #4454BE #BE4491

split-complementary

#BEAE44 #4491BE #7144BE

monochromatic

#655C23 #928633 #BEAE44 #CEC271 #DED59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BEAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE44

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE44	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.127 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57d',
    500: '#beae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae44;
$custom-light: #d5c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74437,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE44

secondary

#949BCA

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE44

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

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