#BEBD96#BEBD96

#BEBD96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.053 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD96
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 21.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -6.12, 19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 20.83, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0149 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.053 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9376, 49.5449, 36.0441)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD96 #9697BE

analogous

#BEA996 #BEBD96 #ABBE96

triadic

#BEBD96 #96BEBD #BD96BE

tetradic

#BEBD96 #96BEA9 #9697BE #BE96AB

square

#BEBD96 #96BEA9 #9697BE #BE96AB

split-complementary

#BEBD96 #96ABBE #A996BE

monochromatic

#868553 #A7A570 #BEBD96 #D5D5BC #EDEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BEBD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BEBD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD96

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD96	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.053 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0b5',
    500: '#bebd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd96;
$custom-light: #d2d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78911,
    "c": 0.05286,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD96

secondary

#D1D2DE

accent

#46A244

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD96

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

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