#BEAE77#BEAE77

#BEAE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.075 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE77
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 37.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -2.32, 30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 30.43, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.005 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.075 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7018, 42.5524, 23.5713)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE77 #7787BE

analogous

#BE8A77 #BEAE77 #AABE77

triadic

#BEAE77 #77BEAE #AE77BE

tetradic

#BEAE77 #77BE8A #7787BE #BE77AA

square

#BEAE77 #77BE8A #7787BE #BE77AA

split-complementary

#BEAE77 #77AABE #8A77BE

monochromatic

#7E6F3C #A89450 #BEAE77 #D2C7A0 #E6DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BEAE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BEAE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE77

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE77	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AC73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.075 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c69f',
    500: '#beae77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae77;
$custom-light: #d2c69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 35.323,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75139,
    "c": 0.0752,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE77

secondary

#BBC1D6

accent

#52AE37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE77

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

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