#BEAE4B#BEAE4B

#BEAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE4B
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 60.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -6.45, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 52.07, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0214 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6427, 41.7288, 12.7269)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE4B #4B5BBE

analogous

#BE754B #BEAE4B #95BE4B

triadic

#BEAE4B #4BBEAE #AE4BBE

tetradic

#BEAE4B #4BBE75 #4B5BBE #BE4B95

square

#BEAE4B #4BBE75 #4B5BBE #BE4B95

split-complementary

#BEAE4B #4B95BE #754BBE

monochromatic

#695F26 #968836 #BEAE4B #CEC278 #DED6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BEAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE4B

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE4B	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c581',
    500: '#beae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae4b;
$custom-light: #d4c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74507,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE4B

secondary

#99A0CC

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE4B

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

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