#BEBB99#BEBB99

#BEBB99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.046 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBB99
RGB	rgb(190, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -4.63, 17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 18.24, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0106 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.046 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7550, 48.7883, 37.1902)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBB99 #999CBE

analogous

#BEA999 #BEBB99 #AFBE99

triadic

#BEBB99 #99BEBB #BB99BE

tetradic

#BEBB99 #99BEA9 #999CBE #BE99AF

square

#BEBB99 #99BEA9 #999CBE #BE99AF

split-complementary

#BEBB99 #99AFBE #A999BE

monochromatic

#878356 #A6A274 #BEBB99 #D6D4BE #EEEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BEBB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BEBB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBB99

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBB99	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.046 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfb7',
    500: '#bebb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebb99;
$custom-light: #d2cfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7856,
    "c": 0.04641,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBB99

secondary

#D4D5DF

accent

#4CA145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBB99

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

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