#BEB161#BEB161

#BEB161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.103 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB161
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -6.23, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 42.77, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0182 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.103 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1161, 43.2559, 17.5957)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB161 #616EBE

analogous

#BE8361 #BEB161 #9DBE61

triadic

#BEB161 #61BEB1 #B161BE

tetradic

#BEB161 #61BE83 #616EBE #BE619D

square

#BEB161 #61BE83 #616EBE #BE619D

split-complementary

#BEB161 #619DBE #8361BE

monochromatic

#756B30 #A09342 #BEB161 #D0C68C #E2DCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BEB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB161

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB161	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.103 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c890',
    500: '#beb161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb161;
$custom-light: #d3c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.613,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB161

secondary

#AAB0D1

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB161

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

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