#BEAE68#BEAE68

#BEAE68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.092 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE68
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 45.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -3.96, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 38.10, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.011 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.092 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8710, 42.2201, 19.1958)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE68 #6878BE

analogous

#BE8368 #BEAE68 #A3BE68

triadic

#BEAE68 #68BEAE #AE68BE

tetradic

#BEAE68 #68BE83 #6878BE #BE68A3

square

#BEAE68 #68BE83 #6878BE #BE68A3

split-complementary

#BEAE68 #68A3BE #8368BE

monochromatic

#786B34 #A39146 #BEAE68 #D0C593 #E3DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BEAE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BEAE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE68

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE68	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#BBAB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.092 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c694',
    500: '#beae68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae68;
$custom-light: #d3c694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 39.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74885,
    "c": 0.09223,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE68

secondary

#B0B6D2

accent

#6ED058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE68

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

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