#BEBC9E#BEBC9E

#BEBC9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.041 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC9E
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 16.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -4.39, 15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 16.08, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.01 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.041 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3895, 49.3827, 39.4818)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC9E #9EA0BE

analogous

#BEAC9E #BEBC9E #B0BE9E

triadic

#BEBC9E #9EBEBC #BC9EBE

tetradic

#BEBC9E #9EBEAC #9EA0BE #BE9EB0

square

#BEBC9E #9EBEAC #9EA0BE #BE9EB0

split-complementary

#BEBC9E #9EB0BE #AC9EBE

monochromatic

#87845B #A5A379 #BEBC9E #D7D5C3 #EFEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BEBC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BEBC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC9E

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC9E	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.041 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0ba',
    500: '#bebc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc9e;
$custom-light: #d1d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78886,
    "c": 0.04105,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC9E

secondary

#D7D8E1

accent

#4D9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC9E

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

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