#BEAE56#BEAE56

#BEAE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE56
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -5.61, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 46.96, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0177 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.111 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0523, 41.8926, 14.8840)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE56 #5666BE

analogous

#BE7A56 #BEAE56 #9ABE56

triadic

#BEAE56 #56BEAE #AE56BE

tetradic

#BEAE56 #56BE7A #5666BE #BE569A

square

#BEAE56 #56BE7A #5666BE #BE569A

split-complementary

#BEAE56 #569ABE #7A56BE

monochromatic

#6F642B #9B8C3C #BEAE56 #CFC382 #E0D8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BEAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE56

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE56	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)

#BCAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c588',
    500: '#beae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae56;
$custom-light: #d4c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74633,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE56

secondary

#A2A9CE

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE56

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

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