#BEAE45#BEAE45

#BEAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.126 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE45
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -6.86, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 54.72, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0232 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.126 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4470, 41.6505, 11.6959)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE45 #4555BE

analogous

#BE7145 #BEAE45 #91BE45

triadic

#BEAE45 #45BEAE #AE45BE

tetradic

#BEAE45 #45BE71 #4555BE #BE4591

square

#BEAE45 #45BE71 #4555BE #BE4591

split-complementary

#BEAE45 #4591BE #7145BE

monochromatic

#655D23 #938633 #BEAE45 #CEC272 #DED5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BEAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE45

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE45	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)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.126 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57d',
    500: '#beae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae45;
$custom-light: #d5c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74446,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE45

secondary

#959CCA

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE45

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

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