#BEB8A6#BEB8A6

#BEB8A6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.026 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB8A6
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(45, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 12.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -1.00, 9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 9.95, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0007 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.026 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2580, 47.9818, 42.9462)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB8A6 #A6ACBE

analogous

#BEACA6 #BEB8A6 #B8BEA6

triadic

#BEB8A6 #A6BEB8 #B8A6BE

tetradic

#BEB8A6 #A6BEAC #A6ACBE #BEA6B8

square

#BEB8A6 #A6BEAC #A6ACBE #BEA6B8

split-complementary

#BEB8A6 #A6B8BE #ACA6BE

monochromatic

#877E63 #A49C83 #BEB8A6 #D8D4C9 #F2F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BEB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB8A6

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB8A6	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.026 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdc0',
    500: '#beb8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb8a6;
$custom-light: #d1cdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78254,
    "c": 0.02579,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB8A6

secondary

#DDDEE3

accent

#5F9A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB8A6

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

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