#BEB596#BEB596

#BEB596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.044 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB596
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 21.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -1.90, 16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 17.08, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0028 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.044 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2640, 46.1977, 35.4862)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB596 #969FBE

analogous

#BEA196 #BEB596 #B3BE96

triadic

#BEB596 #96BEB5 #B596BE

tetradic

#BEB596 #96BEA1 #969FBE #BE96B3

square

#BEB596 #96BEA1 #969FBE #BE96B3

split-complementary

#BEB596 #96B3BE #A196BE

monochromatic

#867B53 #A79A70 #BEB596 #D5D0BC #EDEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BEB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BEB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB596

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB596	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.044 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbb5',
    500: '#beb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb596;
$custom-light: #d2cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77241,
    "c": 0.0436,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB596

secondary

#D1D4DE

accent

#59A244

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB596

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

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