#BEB166#BEB166

#BEB166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.097 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB166
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 46.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -5.74, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 40.29, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0163 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.097 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3566, 43.3521, 18.8624)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB166 #6673BE

analogous

#BE8566 #BEB166 #9FBE66

triadic

#BEB166 #66BEB1 #B166BE

tetradic

#BEB166 #66BE85 #6673BE #BE669F

square

#BEB166 #66BE85 #6673BE #BE669F

split-complementary

#BEB166 #669FBE #8566BE

monochromatic

#776D33 #A29445 #BEB166 #D0C791 #E2DDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BEB166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BEB166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB166

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB166	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.097 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c893',
    500: '#beb166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb166;
$custom-light: #d3c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.136,
    "s": 40.367,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75486,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB166

secondary

#AEB3D2

accent

#69D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB166

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

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