#BEBC78#BEBC78

#BEBC78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.089 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC78
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 36.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -9.55, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 35.98, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0258 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.089 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6091, 48.2705, 24.8382)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC78 #787ABE

analogous

#BE9978 #BEBC78 #9DBE78

triadic

#BEBC78 #78BEBC #BC78BE

tetradic

#BEBC78 #78BE99 #787ABE #BE789D

square

#BEBC78 #78BE99 #787ABE #BE789D

split-complementary

#BEBC78 #789DBE #9978BE

monochromatic

#7F7D3D #A8A551 #BEBC78 #D2D1A1 #E6E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BEBC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC78

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC78	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.089 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0a0',
    500: '#bebc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc78;
$custom-light: #d2d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78109,
    "c": 0.08894,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC78

secondary

#BCBCD6

accent

#3BAE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC78

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

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