#BEBA9C#BEBA9C

#BEBA9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.041 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBA9C
RGB	rgb(190, 186, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 17.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -3.65, 15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 16.16, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0079 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.041 101)
XYZ	xyz(44.7945, 48.4658, 38.4411)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBA9C #9CA0BE

analogous

#BEA99C #BEBA9C #B1BE9C

triadic

#BEBA9C #9CBEBA #BA9CBE

tetradic

#BEBA9C #9CBEA9 #9CA0BE #BE9CB1

square

#BEBA9C #9CBEA9 #9CA0BE #BE9CB1

split-complementary

#BEBA9C #9CB1BE #A99CBE

monochromatic

#878259 #A6A077 #BEBA9C #D6D4C1 #EFEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BEBA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBA9C

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBA9C	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beba9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 186, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.041 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceb9',
    500: '#beba9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beba9c;
$custom-light: #d1ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beba9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78421,
    "c": 0.04125,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.48465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBA9C

secondary

#D6D7E0

accent

#519F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBA9C

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

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