#BEAE4A#BEAE4A

#BEAE4A 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	#BEAE4A
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 61.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -6.52, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 52.52, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0217 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6088, 41.7152, 12.5481)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE4A #4A5ABE

analogous

#BE744A #BEAE4A #94BE4A

triadic

#BEAE4A #4ABEAE #AE4ABE

tetradic

#BEAE4A #4ABE74 #4A5ABE #BE4A94

square

#BEAE4A #4ABE74 #4A5ABE #BE4A94

split-complementary

#BEAE4A #4A94BE #744ABE

monochromatic

#685F25 #958836 #BEAE4A #CEC277 #DED6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BEAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE4A

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE4A	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)

#BDA93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c580',
    500: '#beae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae4a;
$custom-light: #d4c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74496,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE4A

secondary

#989FCB

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE4A

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

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