#BEBD79#BEBD79

#BEBD79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.089 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD79
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -9.95, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 35.94, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0268 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.089 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8845, 48.7237, 25.2310)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD79 #797ABE

analogous

#BE9A79 #BEBD79 #9CBE79

triadic

#BEBD79 #79BEBD #BD79BE

tetradic

#BEBD79 #79BE9A #797ABE #BE799C

square

#BEBD79 #79BE9A #797ABE #BE799C

split-complementary

#BEBD79 #799CBE #9A79BE

monochromatic

#7F7E3E #A8A752 #BEBD79 #D2D1A2 #E6E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BEBD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BEBD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD79

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD79	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#C8B874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.089 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0a0',
    500: '#bebd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd79;
$custom-light: #d2d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7834,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD79

secondary

#BCBDD6

accent

#3AAE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD79

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

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