#BEAE73#BEAE73

#BEAE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.080 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE73
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 39.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -2.78, 32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 32.49, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0066 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.08 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4666, 42.4584, 22.3327)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE73 #7383BE

analogous

#BE8973 #BEAE73 #A9BE73

triadic

#BEAE73 #73BEAE #AE73BE

tetradic

#BEAE73 #73BE89 #7383BE #BE73A9

square

#BEAE73 #73BE89 #7383BE #BE73A9

split-complementary

#BEAE73 #73A9BE #8973BE

monochromatic

#7D6E3A #A6934D #BEAE73 #D1C69D #E5DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BEAE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BEAE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE73

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE73	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)

#BAAB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.080 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c69c',
    500: '#beae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae73;
$custom-light: #d3c69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75067,
    "c": 0.07985,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE73

secondary

#B8BED5

accent

#73CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE73

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

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