#BEB899#BEB899

#BEB899 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.043 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB899
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -3.05, 16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 16.82, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0061 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.043 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1252, 47.5287, 36.9803)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB899 #999FBE

analogous

#BEA699 #BEB899 #B2BE99

triadic

#BEB899 #99BEB8 #B899BE

tetradic

#BEB899 #99BEA6 #999FBE #BE99B2

square

#BEB899 #99BEA6 #999FBE #BE99B2

split-complementary

#BEB899 #99B2BE #A699BE

monochromatic

#877F56 #A69E74 #BEB899 #D6D2BE #EEECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BEB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BEB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB899

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB899	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.043 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdb7',
    500: '#beb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb899;
$custom-light: #d1cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77934,
    "c": 0.04289,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB899

secondary

#D4D5DF

accent

#54A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB899

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

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