#BEAE65#BEAE65

#BEAE65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.095 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE65
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 46.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -4.26, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 39.61, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0121 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.095 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7213, 42.1602, 18.4075)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE65 #6575BE

analogous

#BE8165 #BEAE65 #A2BE65

triadic

#BEAE65 #65BEAE #AE65BE

tetradic

#BEAE65 #65BE81 #6575BE #BE65A2

square

#BEAE65 #65BE81 #6575BE #BE65A2

split-complementary

#BEAE65 #65A2BE #8165BE

monochromatic

#776A32 #A29144 #BEAE65 #D0C590 #E2DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BEAE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BEAE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE65

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE65	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.095 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c692',
    500: '#beae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae65;
$custom-light: #d3c692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.213,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74839,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE65

secondary

#ADB4D1

accent

#6DD057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE65

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

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