#BEAF59#BEAF59

#BEAF59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.109 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAF59
RGB	rgb(190, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -5.89, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 45.90, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0181 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.109 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3696, 42.3298, 15.5986)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAF59 #5968BE

analogous

#BE7D59 #BEAF59 #9BBE59

triadic

#BEAF59 #59BEAF #AF59BE

tetradic

#BEAF59 #59BE7D #5968BE #BE599B

square

#BEAF59 #59BE7D #5968BE #BE599B

split-complementary

#BEAF59 #599BBE #7D59BE

monochromatic

#71662C #9D8E3D #BEAF59 #CFC485 #E0D9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BEAF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BEAF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAF59

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAF59	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.109 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c68a',
    500: '#beaf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaf59;
$custom-light: #d4c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74883,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAF59

secondary

#A4AACF

accent

#67D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAF59

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

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