#BEAE4C#BEAE4C

#BEAE4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE4C
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 60%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -6.38, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 51.62, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.021 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6772, 41.7426, 12.9086)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE4C #4C5CBE

analogous

#BE754C #BEAE4C #95BE4C

triadic

#BEAE4C #4CBEAE #AE4CBE

tetradic

#BEAE4C #4CBE75 #4C5CBE #BE4C95

square

#BEAE4C #4CBE75 #4C5CBE #BE4C95

split-complementary

#BEAE4C #4C95BE #754CBE

monochromatic

#696026 #968937 #BEAE4C #CEC279 #DFD7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BEAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE4C

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE4C	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)

#BDA941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c582',
    500: '#beae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae4c;
$custom-light: #d4c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74518,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE4C

secondary

#9AA1CC

accent

#64D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE4C

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

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