#BEAE66#BEAE66

#BEAE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.094 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE66
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 46.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -4.16, 38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 39.11, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0118 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.094 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7706, 42.1800, 18.6671)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE66 #6676BE

analogous

#BE8266 #BEAE66 #A2BE66

triadic

#BEAE66 #66BEAE #AE66BE

tetradic

#BEAE66 #66BE82 #6676BE #BE66A2

square

#BEAE66 #66BE82 #6676BE #BE66A2

split-complementary

#BEAE66 #66A2BE #8266BE

monochromatic

#776B33 #A29145 #BEAE66 #D0C591 #E2DBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BEAE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BEAE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE66

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE66	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.094 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c693',
    500: '#beae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae66;
$custom-light: #d3c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 40.367,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74854,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE66

secondary

#AEB5D2

accent

#6ED058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE66

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

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