#BEAF51#BEAF51

#BEAF51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAF51
RGB	rgb(190, 175, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -6.54, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 49.69, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0209 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0517, 42.2027, 13.9245)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAF51 #5160BE

analogous

#BE7851 #BEAF51 #96BE51

triadic

#BEAF51 #51BEAF #AF51BE

tetradic

#BEAF51 #51BE78 #5160BE #BE5196

square

#BEAF51 #51BE78 #5160BE #BE5196

split-complementary

#BEAF51 #5196BE #7851BE

monochromatic

#6C6328 #998C39 #BEAF51 #CFC37E #DFD8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BEAF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BEAF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAF51

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAF51	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 175, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c685',
    500: '#beaf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaf51;
$custom-light: #d4c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74785,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAF51

secondary

#9EA4CD

accent

#65D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAF51

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

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