#BEBC99#BEBC99

#BEBC99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.048 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC99
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -5.15, 18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 18.73, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0121 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.048 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9679, 49.2141, 37.2612)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC99 #999BBE

analogous

#BEAA99 #BEBC99 #AEBE99

triadic

#BEBC99 #99BEBC #BC99BE

tetradic

#BEBC99 #99BEAA #999BBE #BE99AE

square

#BEBC99 #99BEAA #999BBE #BE99AE

split-complementary

#BEBC99 #99AEBE #AA99BE

monochromatic

#878456 #A6A374 #BEBC99 #D6D5BE #EEEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BEBC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BEBC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC99

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC99	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.048 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0b7',
    500: '#bebc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc99;
$custom-light: #d2d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.04766,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC99

secondary

#D4D4DF

accent

#4AA145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC99

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

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