#BEAE5D#BEAE5D

#BEAE5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.104 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE5D
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 51.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -5.01, 43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 43.58, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0151 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.104 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3482, 42.0110, 16.4427)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE5D #5D6DBE

analogous

#BE7D5D #BEAE5D #9DBE5D

triadic

#BEAE5D #5DBEAE #AE5DBE

tetradic

#BEAE5D #5DBE7D #5D6DBE #BE5D9D

square

#BEAE5D #5DBE7D #5D6DBE #BE5D9D

split-complementary

#BEAE5D #5D9DBE #7D5DBE

monochromatic

#73672E #9E8F40 #BEAE5D #D0C489 #E1DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BEAE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BEAE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE5D

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE5D	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.104 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c68d',
    500: '#beae5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae5d;
$custom-light: #d4c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 42.731,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74724,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE5D

secondary

#A7AED0

accent

#6AD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE5D

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

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