#BEAE5E#BEAE5E

#BEAE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.103 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE5E
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 50.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -4.92, 42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 43.08, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0148 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.103 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3928, 42.0289, 16.6775)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE5E #5E6EBE

analogous

#BE7E5E #BEAE5E #9EBE5E

triadic

#BEAE5E #5EBEAE #AE5EBE

tetradic

#BEAE5E #5EBE7E #5E6EBE #BE5E9E

square

#BEAE5E #5EBE7E #5E6EBE #BE5E9E

split-complementary

#BEAE5E #5E9EBE #7E5EBE

monochromatic

#73682E #9F8F40 #BEAE5E #D0C48A #E1DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BEAE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BEAE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE5E

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE5E	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.103 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c68d',
    500: '#beae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae5e;
$custom-light: #d3c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74738,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE5E

secondary

#A8AFD0

accent

#6AD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE5E

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

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