#BEAE4E#BEAE4E

#BEAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE4E
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -6.24, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 50.70, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0204 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7478, 41.7709, 13.2805)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE4E #4E5EBE

analogous

#BE764E #BEAE4E #96BE4E

triadic

#BEAE4E #4EBEAE #AE4EBE

tetradic

#BEAE4E #4EBE76 #4E5EBE #BE4E96

square

#BEAE4E #4EBE76 #4E5EBE #BE4E96

split-complementary

#BEAE4E #4E96BE #764EBE

monochromatic

#6A6127 #978A38 #BEAE4E #CEC27B #DFD7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BEAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BEAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE4E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE4E	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)

#BDA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c583',
    500: '#beae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae4e;
$custom-light: #d4c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74539,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE4E

secondary

#9CA3CC

accent

#65D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE4E

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

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