#BEB978#BEB978

#BEB978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.085 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB978
RGB	rgb(190, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 36.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -7.99, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 34.58, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0213 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.085 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9749, 47.0021, 24.6268)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB978 #787DBE

analogous

#BE9678 #BEB978 #A0BE78

triadic

#BEB978 #78BEB9 #B978BE

tetradic

#BEB978 #78BE96 #787DBE #BE78A0

square

#BEB978 #78BE96 #787DBE #BE78A0

split-complementary

#BEB978 #78A0BE #9678BE

monochromatic

#7F7A3D #A8A251 #BEB978 #D2CEA1 #E6E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BEB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BEB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB978

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB978	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.085 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cda0',
    500: '#beb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb978;
$custom-light: #d2cda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77471,
    "c": 0.08543,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB978

secondary

#BCBED6

accent

#40AE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB978

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

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