#BEAE52#BEAE52

#BEAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE52
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -5.93, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 48.85, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.019 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8956, 41.8300, 14.0589)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE52 #5262BE

analogous

#BE7852 #BEAE52 #98BE52

triadic

#BEAE52 #52BEAE #AE52BE

tetradic

#BEAE52 #52BE78 #5262BE #BE5298

square

#BEAE52 #52BE78 #5262BE #BE5298

split-complementary

#BEAE52 #5298BE #7852BE

monochromatic

#6D6329 #998B3A #BEAE52 #CFC37E #DFD8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BEAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE52

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE52	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c585',
    500: '#beae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae52;
$custom-light: #d4c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74585,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE52

secondary

#9FA6CD

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE52

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →