#BEAE79#BEAE79

#BEAE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.073 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAE79
RGB	rgb(190, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -2.08, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 29.40, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0042 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.073 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8231, 42.6010, 24.2105)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAE79 #7989BE

analogous

#BE8B79 #BEAE79 #ABBE79

triadic

#BEAE79 #79BEAE #AE79BE

tetradic

#BEAE79 #79BE8B #7989BE #BE79AB

square

#BEAE79 #79BE8B #7989BE #BE79AB

split-complementary

#BEAE79 #79ABBE #8B79BE

monochromatic

#7F703E #A89452 #BEAE79 #D2C7A2 #E6E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BEAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BEAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAE79

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAE79	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AC75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.073 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6a0',
    500: '#beae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beae79;
$custom-light: #d2c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75176,
    "c": 0.07284,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAE79

secondary

#BCC2D6

accent

#53AE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAE79

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

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