#BEB79C#BEB79C

#BEB79C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.038 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB79C
RGB	rgb(190, 183, 156)
HSL	hsl(48, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 17.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -2.06, 14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 14.78, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0034 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.038 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1691, 47.2151, 38.2327)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB79C #9CA3BE

analogous

#BEA69C #BEB79C #B4BE9C

triadic

#BEB79C #9CBEB7 #B79CBE

tetradic

#BEB79C #9CBEA6 #9CA3BE #BE9CB4

square

#BEB79C #9CBEA6 #9CA3BE #BE9CB4

split-complementary

#BEB79C #9CB4BE #A69CBE

monochromatic

#877D59 #A69C77 #BEB79C #D6D2C1 #EFEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BEB79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BEB79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB79C

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB79C	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 183, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.038 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ccb9',
    500: '#beb79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb79c;
$custom-light: #d1ccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77798,
    "c": 0.03788,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB79C

secondary

#D6D8E0

accent

#599F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB79C

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

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