#BEAE59#BEAE59

#BEAE59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE59
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -5.36, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 45.52, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0166 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.108 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1757, 41.9420, 15.5340)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE59 #5969BE

analogous

#BE7C59 #BEAE59 #9CBE59

triadic

#BEAE59 #59BEAE #AE59BE

tetradic

#BEAE59 #59BE7C #5969BE #BE599C

square

#BEAE59 #59BE7C #5969BE #BE599C

split-complementary

#BEAE59 #599CBE #7C59BE

monochromatic

#71662C #9D8D3D #BEAE59 #CFC385 #E0D9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BEAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE59

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE59	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c58a',
    500: '#beae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae59;
$custom-light: #d4c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.495,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74671,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE59

secondary

#A4ABCF

accent

#68D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE59

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

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