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#beaf6f

a balanced, soft yellow · warm · closest name: Dark Khaki

Token name suggestion: Atlas Brass

RGB
190, 175, 111
HSL
49°, 38%, 59%
CMYK
0, 8, 42, 26
Luminance
0.4275

#beaf6f is a balanced soft yellow, 49° on the wheel and 16/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.55:1). As text it scores 2.20:1 on white — use #82743B instead. Nearest name is Dark Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(49 38% 59%)rgb(190 175 111)Base step 500AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #beaf6f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#beaf6f
Hue
49°
yellow
Saturation
38%
soft
Lightness
59%
balanced
Brightness
75%
HSV value
Perceived
68%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4275
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
16/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
9.55:1
Closest name
Dark Khaki
ΔE2000 3.9
Chroma
34.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.752
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 14.5
Web-safe
#CC9966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue49° of 360°
Saturation38%
Lightness59%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #beaf6f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool16% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red26%
Green72%
Blue3%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#beaf6f
HEX (8-digit)#beaf6fff
RGBrgb(190, 175, 111)
RGBArgba(190, 175, 111, 1)
HSLhsl(49, 38%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49, 42%, 75%)
HWBhwb(49 44% 25%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 42%, 26%)
LABlab(71.4 -3.8 34.7)
LCHlch(71.4 34.9 96.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.752 0.085 96.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(39.44, 42.76, 21.21)
Decimal12496751
Display P3color(display-p3 0.745 0.686 0.435)
Web-safe#CC9966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #beaf6f;
background-color: #beaf6f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #beaf6f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#beaf6f] bg-[#beaf6f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #beaf6f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.745, green: 0.686, blue: 0.435)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.745, green: 0.686, blue: 0.435, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BEAF6F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBEAF6F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBEAF6F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(111, 175, 190)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(190, 175, 111)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(190, 175, 111)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 190, 175, 111)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7451f, 0.6863f, 0.4353f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{190,175,111}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #beaf6f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #beaf6f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#584F28, #ECE8D5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #beaf6f h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAF9F5;
  --brand-100: #F4F2EB;
  --brand-200: #E9E5D3;
  --brand-300: #DCD4B2;
  --brand-400: #CBBF8B;
  --brand-500: #beaf6f;
  --brand-600: #A9974C;
  --brand-700: #8D7E3F;
  --brand-800: #706533;
  --brand-900: #524A28;
  --brand-950: #342E19;
  --brand: #beaf6f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF9F4;
  --brand-border: #E6E0C7;
  --brand-hover: #B3A156;
  --brand-pressed: #9E8E47;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242114;
    --brand-ink: #ECE8D5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF9F5',
        100: '#F4F2EB',
        200: '#E9E5D3',
        300: '#DCD4B2',
        400: '#CBBF8B',
        500: '#beaf6f',
        600: '#A9974C',
        700: '#8D7E3F',
        800: '#706533',
        900: '#524A28',
        950: '#342E19',
        DEFAULT: '#beaf6f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF9F5,
  '100': #F4F2EB,
  '200': #E9E5D3,
  '300': #DCD4B2,
  '400': #CBBF8B,
  '500': #beaf6f,
  '600': #A9974C,
  '700': #8D7E3F,
  '800': #706533,
  '900': #524A28,
  '950': #342E19,
);
$brand-base: #beaf6f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF9F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4F2EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E9E5D3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DCD4B2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CBBF8B", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#beaf6f", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A9974C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8D7E3F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#706533", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#524A28", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#342E19", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #beaf6f · 9.55:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.20:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.55:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #beaf6f as text scores 2.20:1 on white and 9.55:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #584F28 at 3.73:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#82743B · 4.66:1
AA on white−22% L
#82743B
The quick fox
#62582C · 7.11:1
AAA on white−31% L
#62582C
The quick fox
#beaf6f · 9.55:1
AA on blackalready passes
#beaf6f
The quick fox
#beaf6f · 9.55:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#beaf6f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #A5944B is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#beaf6f on white: 2.20:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#beaf6f on black: 9.55:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #beaf6f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #beaf6f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.20:1AaAa
Slate 502.10:1AaAa
Slate 1002.01:1AaAa
Slate 2001.78:1AaAa
Slate 3001.48:1AaAa
Slate 4001.17:1AaAa
Slate 5002.16:1AaAa
Slate 6003.45:1AaAa
Slate 7004.71:1AaAa
Slate 8006.65:1AaAa
Slate 9008.12:1AaAa
Black9.55:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BBAC6A
deuteranopia · #BFB171
tritanopia · #C9A69F

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #beaf6f is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF9F5
#F4F2EB
#E9E5D3
#DCD4B2
#CBBF8B
#beaf6f
#A9974C
#8D7E3F
#706533
#524A28
#342E19
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FAF9F5Darkest = 950 · #342E19Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.021 96.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.034 96.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.051 96.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.067 96.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.079 96.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.085 96.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.085 96.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.080 96.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.072 96.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.060 96.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.047 96.6);
}

Colors that work with #beaf6f

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF9F4
Tinted page background
Border#E6E0C7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B8C4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6B91C2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#584F28
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7F5ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242114
Dark-mode background
Hover#B3A156
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9E8E47
Two steps down
Disabled#D9D5C4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CEBD74
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #beaf6f

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #584F28
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #A5944B

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight41/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#6F7EBE
Analogous left#BE876F
Analogous right#A5BE6F
Split-complement 1#6FA5BE
Split-complement 2#876FBE
Triadic 1#6FBEAF
Triadic 2#AF6FBE
Tetradic#6FBE87
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°49°

#beaf6f sits at 49°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.5%
Green68.6%
Blue43.5%
R · 0–255
190
0xbe
G · 0–255
175
0xaf
B · 0–255
111
0x6f

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta7.9%
Yellow41.6%
Key (black)25.5%

Total ink coverage is 75%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#beaf6f text on a black background

contrast 9.55:1

Card sample

#beaf6f text on a white background

contrast 2.20:1

Card sample

#beaf6f on grey

2.01:1

#beaf6f on its own surface

2.09:1

#beaf6f on its dark surface

7.33:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #beaf6f;
Background color
Panel with #beaf6f background
background-color: #beaf6f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #beaf6f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(190, 175, 111, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(190, 175, 111, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #beaf6f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #beaf6f, #98BE6F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #beaf6f, #85BE6F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #beaf6f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #beaf6f;
caret-color: #beaf6f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #beaf6f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7F5ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #beaf6f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#beaf6f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #beaf6f over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(190, 175, 111, 0.5)
rgb(190 175 111 / 50%)
#beaf6f80
hsl(49 38% 59% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #beaf6f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#beaf6f1a#F9F7F1
20%#beaf6f33#F2EFE2
40%#beaf6f66#E5DFC5
60%#beaf6f99#D8CFA9
80%#beaf6fcc#CBBF8C

Gradients from #beaf6f

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D1C699, #beaf6f 45%, #584F28);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #beaf6f, #82B45A);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #beaf6f, #6F7EBE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DBD2AE 0%, #beaf6f 45%, #584F28 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF9F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #CEA092 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ADC784 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #584F28 0%, transparent 65%), #beaf6f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #beaf6f

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#beaf6f in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 9.55:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#beaf6f, answered

What color is #beaf6f?

#beaf6f is a balanced soft yellow, closest to Dark Khaki (ΔE2000 3.9). It sits at 49° on the hue wheel with 38% saturation and 59% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #beaf6f?

rgb(190, 175, 111) — 190 red, 175 green and 111 blue out of 255, or 74.5% / 68.6% / 43.5% by channel.

What is #beaf6f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(49, 38%, 59%) and hsv(49, 42%, 75%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #beaf6f a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4275 and perceived brightness is 68%, so black text on it reaches 9.55:1.

Should I use black or white text on #beaf6f?

Black. It scores 9.55:1 against #beaf6f, versus 2.20:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #beaf6f accessible on a white background?

#beaf6f on white scores 2.20:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #82743B to reach 4.5:1, or #62582C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #beaf6f?

#6F7EBE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6FA5BE and #876FBE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #beaf6f?

For interface work: #FAF9F4 as the surface, #E6E0C7 for borders, #9B8C4B for secondary text, #6B91C2 as an accent and #584F28 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BE876F and #A5BE6F stays calm, while #6F7EBE is the loudest partner.

What is #beaf6f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 8%, 42%, 26%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #beaf6f warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 16 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BE986F; nudged cooler, #B1C06D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #beaf6f?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 14.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #beaf6f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #beaf6f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#beaf6f] or text-[#beaf6f], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #beaf6f with 50% opacity?

rgba(190, 175, 111, 0.5), or #beaf6f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFD7B7; over black, #5F5838.

Is #beaf6f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC9966, ΔE2000 13.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #beaf6f mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #beaf6f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D1C699, #beaf6f 45%, #584F28). For more colour, a short hue run to #82B45A keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #beaf6f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #beaf6f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.