#BEBD75#BEBD75

#BEBD75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.094 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD75
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 117)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 38.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -10.41, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 37.97, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0284 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.094 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6443, 48.6276, 23.9658)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD75 #7576BE

analogous

#BE9875 #BEBD75 #9ABE75

triadic

#BEBD75 #75BEBD #BD75BE

tetradic

#BEBD75 #75BE98 #7576BE #BE759A

square

#BEBD75 #75BE98 #7576BE #BE759A

split-complementary

#BEBD75 #759ABE #9875BE

monochromatic

#7D7D3B #A7A64F #BEBD75 #D2D19F #E5E5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBD75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BEBD75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD75

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD75	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.094 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d09e',
    500: '#bebd75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd75;
$custom-light: #d3d09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78272,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD75

secondary

#B9BAD5

accent

#38AF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD75

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

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