#BEB173#BEB173

#BEB173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.083 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB173
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 39.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -4.37, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 33.68, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0112 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.083 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0526, 43.6305, 22.5280)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB173 #7380BE

analogous

#BE8C73 #BEB173 #A6BE73

triadic

#BEB173 #73BEB1 #B173BE

tetradic

#BEB173 #73BE8C #7380BE #BE73A6

square

#BEB173 #73BE8C #7380BE #BE73A6

split-complementary

#BEB173 #73A6BE #8C73BE

monochromatic

#7D713A #A6974D #BEB173 #D1C89D #E5E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BEB173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BEB173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB173

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB173	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.083 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c89c',
    500: '#beb173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb173;
$custom-light: #d3c89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75696,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB173

secondary

#B8BDD5

accent

#6FCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB173

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

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