#BEBD8D#BEBD8D

#BEBD8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.064 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD8D
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 25.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -7.41, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 25.57, 106.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0186 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.064 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2405, 49.2661, 32.3729)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD8D #8D8EBE

analogous

#BEA58D #BEBD8D #A6BE8D

triadic

#BEBD8D #8DBEBD #BD8DBE

tetradic

#BEBD8D #8DBEA5 #8D8EBE #BE8DA6

square

#BEBD8D #8DBEA5 #8D8EBE #BE8DA6

split-complementary

#BEBD8D #8DA6BE #A58DBE

monochromatic

#85844C #A8A666 #BEBD8D #D4D4B4 #EAEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BEBD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BEBD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD8D

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD8D	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.064 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0ae',
    500: '#bebd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd8d;
$custom-light: #d2d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78718,
    "c": 0.06446,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD8D

secondary

#CBCBDC

accent

#42A640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD8D

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

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