#BEAE51#BEAE51

#BEAE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE51
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -6.01, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 49.32, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0194 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.115 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8578, 41.8149, 13.8599)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE51 #5161BE

analogous

#BE7751 #BEAE51 #97BE51

triadic

#BEAE51 #51BEAE #AE51BE

tetradic

#BEAE51 #51BE77 #5161BE #BE5197

square

#BEAE51 #51BE77 #5161BE #BE5197

split-complementary

#BEAE51 #5197BE #7751BE

monochromatic

#6C6228 #998B39 #BEAE51 #CFC37E #DFD7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BEAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE51

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE51	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)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c585',
    500: '#beae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae51;
$custom-light: #d4c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74573,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE51

secondary

#9EA5CD

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE51

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

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