#BEAE57#BEAE57

#BEAE57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.110 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE57
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -5.53, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 46.48, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0173 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.11 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0929, 41.9089, 15.0977)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE57 #5767BE

analogous

#BE7B57 #BEAE57 #9ABE57

triadic

#BEAE57 #57BEAE #AE57BE

tetradic

#BEAE57 #57BE7B #5767BE #BE579A

square

#BEAE57 #57BE7B #5767BE #BE579A

split-complementary

#BEAE57 #579ABE #7B57BE

monochromatic

#6F652B #9C8D3C #BEAE57 #CFC383 #E0D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BEAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE57

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE57	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)

#BCAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.110 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c589',
    500: '#beae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae57;
$custom-light: #d4c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74646,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE57

secondary

#A3A9CE

accent

#68D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE57

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

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