#BEBC79#BEBC79

#BEBC79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.088 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC79
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -9.43, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 35.46, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0254 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.088 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6701, 48.2949, 25.1595)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC79 #797BBE

analogous

#BE9979 #BEBC79 #9DBE79

triadic

#BEBC79 #79BEBC #BC79BE

tetradic

#BEBC79 #79BE99 #797BBE #BE799D

square

#BEBC79 #79BE99 #797BBE #BE799D

split-complementary

#BEBC79 #799DBE #9979BE

monochromatic

#7F7D3E #A8A652 #BEBC79 #D2D1A2 #E6E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BEBC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BEBC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC79

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC79	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.088 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0a0',
    500: '#bebc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc79;
$custom-light: #d2d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78127,
    "c": 0.08775,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC79

secondary

#BCBDD6

accent

#3BAE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC79

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

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