#BEAE4F#BEAE4F

#BEAE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE4F
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 58.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -6.16, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 50.24, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0201 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.117 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7839, 41.7853, 13.4707)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE4F #4F5FBE

analogous

#BE764F #BEAE4F #97BE4F

triadic

#BEAE4F #4FBEAE #AE4FBE

tetradic

#BEAE4F #4FBE76 #4F5FBE #BE4F97

square

#BEAE4F #4FBE76 #4F5FBE #BE4F97

split-complementary

#BEAE4F #4F97BE #764FBE

monochromatic

#6B6128 #988A38 #BEAE4F #CFC37C #DFD7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BEAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE4F

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE4F	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c584',
    500: '#beae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae4f;
$custom-light: #d4c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7455,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE4F

secondary

#9CA3CC

accent

#65D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE4F

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

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