#BEBD78#BEBD78

#BEBD78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.090 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD78
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 36.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -10.07, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 36.45, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0272 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.09 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8235, 48.6993, 24.9097)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD78 #7879BE

analogous

#BE9A78 #BEBD78 #9CBE78

triadic

#BEBD78 #78BEBD #BD78BE

tetradic

#BEBD78 #78BE9A #7879BE #BE789C

square

#BEBD78 #78BE9A #7879BE #BE789C

split-complementary

#BEBD78 #789CBE #9A78BE

monochromatic

#7F7E3D #A8A751 #BEBD78 #D2D1A1 #E6E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BEBD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD78

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD78	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.090 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0a0',
    500: '#bebd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd78;
$custom-light: #d2d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78323,
    "c": 0.09013,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD78

secondary

#BCBCD6

accent

#39AE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD78

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

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