#BEAE55#BEAE55

#BEAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE55
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -5.69, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 47.44, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.018 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0123, 41.8766, 14.6733)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE55 #5565BE

analogous

#BE7A55 #BEAE55 #9ABE55

triadic

#BEAE55 #55BEAE #AE55BE

tetradic

#BEAE55 #55BE7A #5565BE #BE559A

square

#BEAE55 #55BE7A #5565BE #BE559A

split-complementary

#BEAE55 #559ABE #7A55BE

monochromatic

#6E642A #9B8C3B #BEAE55 #CFC381 #E0D8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BEAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE55

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE55	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c587',
    500: '#beae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae55;
$custom-light: #d4c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74621,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE55

secondary

#A1A8CE

accent

#67D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE55

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

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