#BEAE4D#BEAE4D

#BEAE4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE4D
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 59.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -6.31, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 51.16, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0207 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.7122, 41.7566, 13.0931)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE4D #4D5DBE

analogous

#BE754D #BEAE4D #96BE4D

triadic

#BEAE4D #4DBEAE #AE4DBE

tetradic

#BEAE4D #4DBE75 #4D5DBE #BE4D96

square

#BEAE4D #4DBE75 #4D5DBE #BE4D96

split-complementary

#BEAE4D #4D96BE #754DBE

monochromatic

#6A6027 #978937 #BEAE4D #CEC27A #DFD7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BEAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE4D

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE4D	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)

#BDA943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c582',
    500: '#beae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae4d;
$custom-light: #d4c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74528,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.41755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE4D

secondary

#9BA2CC

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE4D

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

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