#BEB59A#BEB59A

#BEB59A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.038 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB59A
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(45, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 18.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -1.30, 14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 14.98, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0012 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.038 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5916, 46.3287, 37.2116)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB59A #9AA3BE

analogous

#BEA39A #BEB59A #B5BE9A

triadic

#BEB59A #9ABEB5 #B59ABE

tetradic

#BEB59A #9ABEA3 #9AA3BE #BE9AB5

square

#BEB59A #9ABEA3 #9AA3BE #BE9AB5

split-complementary

#BEB59A #9AB5BE #A39ABE

monochromatic

#877B57 #A69A75 #BEB59A #D6D0BF #EEECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BEB59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BEB59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB59A

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB59A	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.038 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb7',
    500: '#beb59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb59a;
$custom-light: #d1cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 21.687,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77335,
    "c": 0.03846,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB59A

secondary

#D4D7E0

accent

#5CA045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB59A

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

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