#BEAE50#BEAE50

#BEAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE50
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -6.09, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 49.78, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0197 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.116 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8206, 41.8000, 13.6639)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE50 #5060BE

analogous

#BE7750 #BEAE50 #97BE50

triadic

#BEAE50 #50BEAE #AE50BE

tetradic

#BEAE50 #50BE77 #5060BE #BE5097

square

#BEAE50 #50BE77 #5060BE #BE5097

split-complementary

#BEAE50 #5097BE #7750BE

monochromatic

#6C6228 #988A39 #BEAE50 #CFC37D #DFD7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BEAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE50

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE50	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)

#BDAA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c584',
    500: '#beae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae50;
$custom-light: #d4c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74562,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE50

secondary

#9DA4CD

accent

#65D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE50

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

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