#BEAE72#BEAE72

#BEAE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.081 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE72
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 40%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -2.89, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 33.01, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.007 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.081 95)
XYZ	xyz(39.4094, 42.4355, 22.0313)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE72 #7282BE

analogous

#BE8872 #BEAE72 #A8BE72

triadic

#BEAE72 #72BEAE #AE72BE

tetradic

#BEAE72 #72BE88 #7282BE #BE72A8

square

#BEAE72 #72BE88 #7282BE #BE72A8

split-complementary

#BEAE72 #72A8BE #8872BE

monochromatic

#7C6E39 #A6934D #BEAE72 #D1C69C #E5DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BEAE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BEAE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE72

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE72	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.081 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c69b',
    500: '#beae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae72;
$custom-light: #d3c69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7505,
    "c": 0.081,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.42434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE72

secondary

#B7BDD5

accent

#73CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE72

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

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