#BEBCA8#BEBCA8

#BEBCA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.028 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBCA8
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(55, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -2.79, 10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 10.75, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0059 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.028 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2856, 49.7411, 44.2008)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBCA8 #A8AABE

analogous

#BEB1A8 #BEBCA8 #B5BEA8

triadic

#BEBCA8 #A8BEBC #BCA8BE

tetradic

#BEBCA8 #A8BEB1 #A8AABE #BEA8B5

square

#BEBCA8 #A8BEB1 #A8AABE #BEA8B5

split-complementary

#BEBCA8 #A8B5BE #B1A8BE

monochromatic

#878465 #A4A185 #BEBCA8 #D8D7CB #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BEBCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BEBCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBCA8

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBCA8	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.028 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c1',
    500: '#bebca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebca8;
$custom-light: #d1d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79134,
    "c": 0.02762,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBCA8

secondary

#DEDEE4

accent

#54994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBCA8

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

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