#BEAE46#BEAE46

#BEAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE46
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -6.79, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 54.28, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0229 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4783, 41.6630, 11.8608)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE46 #4656BE

analogous

#BE7246 #BEAE46 #92BE46

triadic

#BEAE46 #46BEAE #AE46BE

tetradic

#BEAE46 #46BE72 #4656BE #BE4692

square

#BEAE46 #46BE72 #4656BE #BE4692

split-complementary

#BEAE46 #4692BE #7246BE

monochromatic

#665D24 #938634 #BEAE46 #CEC273 #DED6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BEAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE46

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE46	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)

#BDA93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57e',
    500: '#beae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae46;
$custom-light: #d5c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74456,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE46

secondary

#959CCA

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE46

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

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