#BEB8A5#BEB8A5

#BEB8A5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.027 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB8A5
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(46, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 13.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -1.16, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 10.48, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0012 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.027 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1666, 47.9453, 42.4650)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB8A5 #A5ABBE

analogous

#BEACA5 #BEB8A5 #B8BEA5

triadic

#BEB8A5 #A5BEB8 #B8A5BE

tetradic

#BEB8A5 #A5BEAC #A5ABBE #BEA5B8

square

#BEB8A5 #A5BEAC #A5ABBE #BEA5B8

split-complementary

#BEB8A5 #A5B8BE #ACA5BE

monochromatic

#877E62 #A49C81 #BEB8A5 #D8D4C9 #F1F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BEB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB8A5

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB8A5	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.027 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdbf',
    500: '#beb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb8a5;
$custom-light: #d1cdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78229,
    "c": 0.0271,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB8A5

secondary

#DCDEE3

accent

#5E9A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB8A5

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

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