#BEAE48#BEAE48

#BEAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE48
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 62.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -6.66, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 53.41, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0223 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5424, 41.6887, 12.1988)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE48 #4858BE

analogous

#BE7348 #BEAE48 #93BE48

triadic

#BEAE48 #48BEAE #AE48BE

tetradic

#BEAE48 #48BE73 #4858BE #BE4893

square

#BEAE48 #48BE73 #4858BE #BE4893

split-complementary

#BEAE48 #4893BE #7348BE

monochromatic

#675E25 #948735 #BEAE48 #CEC275 #DED6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BEAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE48

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE48	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57f',
    500: '#beae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae48;
$custom-light: #d4c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74476,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE48

secondary

#979ECB

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE48

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

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