#BEAE62#BEAE62

#BEAE62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE62
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 48.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -4.55, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 41.11, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0133 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.099 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5770, 42.1025, 17.6474)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE62 #6272BE

analogous

#BE8062 #BEAE62 #A0BE62

triadic

#BEAE62 #62BEAE #AE62BE

tetradic

#BEAE62 #62BE80 #6272BE #BE62A0

square

#BEAE62 #62BE80 #6272BE #BE62A0

split-complementary

#BEAE62 #62A0BE #8062BE

monochromatic

#756930 #A09042 #BEAE62 #D0C48D #E2DBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BEAE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BEAE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE62

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE62	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c690',
    500: '#beae62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae62;
$custom-light: #d3c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 41.441,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74795,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE62

secondary

#ABB2D1

accent

#6CD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE62

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

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