#BEBCA9#BEBCA9

#BEBCA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.026 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBCA9
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(54, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 11.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -2.62, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 10.21, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0055 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.026 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3791, 49.7785, 44.6934)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBCA9 #A9ABBE

analogous

#BEB1A9 #BEBCA9 #B5BEA9

triadic

#BEBCA9 #A9BEBC #BCA9BE

tetradic

#BEBCA9 #A9BEB1 #A9ABBE #BEA9B5

square

#BEBCA9 #A9BEB1 #A9ABBE #BEA9B5

split-complementary

#BEBCA9 #A9B5BE #B1A9BE

monochromatic

#878466 #A4A186 #BEBCA9 #D8D7CC #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BEBCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BEBCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBCA9

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBCA9	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.026 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c2',
    500: '#bebca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebca9;
$custom-light: #d1d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79159,
    "c": 0.02627,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBCA9

secondary

#DFDFE4

accent

#55984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBCA9

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

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