#BEB8A1#BEB8A1

#BEB8A1 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.032 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB8A1
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(48, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 15.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -1.80, 12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 12.58, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0028 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.032 95)
XYZ	xyz(44.8082, 47.8019, 40.5775)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB8A1 #A1A7BE

analogous

#BEAAA1 #BEB8A1 #B6BEA1

triadic

#BEB8A1 #A1BEB8 #B8A1BE

tetradic

#BEB8A1 #A1BEAA #A1A7BE #BEA1B6

square

#BEB8A1 #A1BEAA #A1A7BE #BEA1B6

split-complementary

#BEB8A1 #A1B6BE #AAA1BE

monochromatic

#877F5D #A59D7D #BEB8A1 #D7D3C5 #F0EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEB8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BEB8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB8A1

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB8A1	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.032 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdbc',
    500: '#beb8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb8a1;
$custom-light: #d1cdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 18.239,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78128,
    "c": 0.03237,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.47801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB8A1

secondary

#D9DBE2

accent

#5A9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB8A1

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

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