#BEAE49#BEAE49

#BEAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE49
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -6.59, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 52.96, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.022 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5753, 41.7019, 12.3720)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE49 #4959BE

analogous

#BE7449 #BEAE49 #94BE49

triadic

#BEAE49 #49BEAE #AE49BE

tetradic

#BEAE49 #49BE74 #4959BE #BE4994

square

#BEAE49 #49BE74 #4959BE #BE4994

split-complementary

#BEAE49 #4994BE #7449BE

monochromatic

#685E25 #958835 #BEAE49 #CEC276 #DED6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BEAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE49

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE49	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)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c580',
    500: '#beae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae49;
$custom-light: #d4c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74486,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE49

secondary

#989FCB

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE49

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

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