#BEBD5E#BEBD5E

#BEBD5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.118 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD5E
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 50.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -12.72, 47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 49.28, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0371 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.118 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4542, 48.1515, 17.6980)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD5E #5E5FBE

analogous

#BE8D5E #BEBD5E #8FBE5E

triadic

#BEBD5E #5EBEBD #BD5EBE

tetradic

#BEBD5E #5EBE8D #5E5FBE #BE5E8F

square

#BEBD5E #5EBE8D #5E5FBE #BE5E8F

split-complementary

#BEBD5E #5E8FBE #8D5EBE

monochromatic

#73722E #9F9E40 #BEBD5E #D0CF8A #E1E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BEBD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD5E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD5E	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d08e',
    500: '#bebd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd5e;
$custom-light: #d3d08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77938,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD5E

secondary

#A8A8D0

accent

#57D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD5E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →