#BEAE70#BEAE70

#BEAE70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.083 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE70
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 112)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 41.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -3.11, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 34.03, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0078 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.083 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2968, 42.3904, 21.4383)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE70 #7080BE

analogous

#BE8770 #BEAE70 #A7BE70

triadic

#BEAE70 #70BEAE #AE70BE

tetradic

#BEAE70 #70BE87 #7080BE #BE70A7

square

#BEAE70 #70BE87 #7080BE #BE70A7

split-complementary

#BEAE70 #70A7BE #8770BE

monochromatic

#7B6E38 #A6934B #BEAE70 #D1C69A #E4DEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BEAE70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BEAE70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE70

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE70	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.083 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c69a',
    500: '#beae70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae70;
$custom-light: #d3c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75015,
    "c": 0.0833,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE70

secondary

#B6BCD4

accent

#72CD5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE70

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

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