#BEAE5A#BEAE5A

#BEAE5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.107 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE5A
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 52.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -5.28, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 45.04, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0162 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.107 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2180, 41.9589, 15.7566)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE5A #5A6ABE

analogous

#BE7C5A #BEAE5A #9CBE5A

triadic

#BEAE5A #5ABEAE #AE5ABE

tetradic

#BEAE5A #5ABE7C #5A6ABE #BE5A9C

square

#BEAE5A #5ABE7C #5A6ABE #BE5A9C

split-complementary

#BEAE5A #5A9CBE #7C5ABE

monochromatic

#71662D #9D8E3E #BEAE5A #CFC486 #E1D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BEAE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BEAE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE5A

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE5A	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)

#BCAA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.107 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c58b',
    500: '#beae5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae5a;
$custom-light: #d4c58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74684,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE5A

secondary

#A5ACCF

accent

#69D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE5A

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

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