#BEAE69#BEAE69

#BEAE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.091 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE69
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 44.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -3.86, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 37.60, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0106 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.091 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9221, 42.2406, 19.4649)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE69 #6979BE

analogous

#BE8369 #BEAE69 #A3BE69

triadic

#BEAE69 #69BEAE #AE69BE

tetradic

#BEAE69 #69BE83 #6979BE #BE69A3

square

#BEAE69 #69BE83 #6979BE #BE69A3

split-complementary

#BEAE69 #69A3BE #8369BE

monochromatic

#786C34 #A39247 #BEAE69 #D1C594 #E3DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BEAE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BEAE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE69

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE69	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.091 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c695',
    500: '#beae69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae69;
$custom-light: #d3c695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74901,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE69

secondary

#B0B7D2

accent

#6FCF58

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE69

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

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