#BEAE6D#BEAE6D

#BEAE6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.087 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE6D
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 42.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -3.44, 35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 35.56, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.009 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.087 96)
XYZ	xyz(39.1325, 42.3247, 20.5732)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE6D #6D7DBE

analogous

#BE856D #BEAE6D #A5BE6D

triadic

#BEAE6D #6DBEAE #AE6DBE

tetradic

#BEAE6D #6DBE85 #6D7DBE #BE6DA5

square

#BEAE6D #6DBE85 #6D7DBE #BE6DA5

split-complementary

#BEAE6D #6DA5BE #856DBE

monochromatic

#7A6D36 #A59349 #BEAE6D #D1C597 #E4DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BEAE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BEAE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE6D

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE6D	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.087 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c698',
    500: '#beae6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae6d;
$custom-light: #d3c698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.148,
    "s": 38.389,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74965,
    "c": 0.08669,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.42323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE6D

secondary

#B3BAD3

accent

#71CE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE6D

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

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