#BEB172#BEB172

#BEB172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.084 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB172
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 40%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -4.48, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 34.20, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0116 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.084 98)
XYZ	xyz(39.9954, 43.6076, 22.2266)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB172 #727FBE

analogous

#BE8B72 #BEB172 #A5BE72

triadic

#BEB172 #72BEB1 #B172BE

tetradic

#BEB172 #72BE8B #727FBE #BE72A5

square

#BEB172 #72BE8B #727FBE #BE72A5

split-complementary

#BEB172 #72A5BE #8B72BE

monochromatic

#7C7139 #A6974D #BEB172 #D1C89C #E5DFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BEB172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BEB172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB172

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB172	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.084 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c89b',
    500: '#beb172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb172;
$custom-light: #d3c89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.737,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75678,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.43606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB172

secondary

#B7BCD5

accent

#6ECD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB172

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

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