#BEAE53#BEAE53

#BEAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE53
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -5.85, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 48.38, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0187 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9339, 41.8453, 14.2607)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE53 #5363BE

analogous

#BE7853 #BEAE53 #98BE53

triadic

#BEAE53 #53BEAE #AE53BE

tetradic

#BEAE53 #53BE78 #5363BE #BE5398

square

#BEAE53 #53BE78 #5363BE #BE5398

split-complementary

#BEAE53 #5398BE #7853BE

monochromatic

#6D6329 #9A8B3A #BEAE53 #CFC37F #E0D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BEAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE53

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE53	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)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c586',
    500: '#beae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae53;
$custom-light: #d4c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.028,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74597,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE53

secondary

#9FA6CD

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE53

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

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