#BEB8A0#BEB8A0

#BEB8A0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.034 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB8A0
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(48, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 15.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -1.96, 12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 13.11, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0032 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.034 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7204, 47.7668, 40.1149)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB8A0 #A0A6BE

analogous

#BEA9A0 #BEB8A0 #B5BEA0

triadic

#BEB8A0 #A0BEB8 #B8A0BE

tetradic

#BEB8A0 #A0BEA9 #A0A6BE #BEA0B5

square

#BEB8A0 #A0BEA9 #A0A6BE #BEA0B5

split-complementary

#BEB8A0 #A0B5BE #A9A0BE

monochromatic

#877F5C #A59D7C #BEB8A0 #D7D3C4 #F0EEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEB8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BEB8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB8A0

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB8A0	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB79F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.034 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdbc',
    500: '#beb8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb8a0;
$custom-light: #d1cdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78103,
    "c": 0.03368,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB8A0

secondary

#D8DAE1

accent

#599D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB8A0

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

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