#BEBD99#BEBD99

#BEBD99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.049 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD99
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -5.68, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 19.24, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0136 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.049 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1823, 49.6428, 37.3326)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD99 #999ABE

analogous

#BEAB99 #BEBD99 #ADBE99

triadic

#BEBD99 #99BEBD #BD99BE

tetradic

#BEBD99 #99BEAB #999ABE #BE99AD

square

#BEBD99 #99BEAB #999ABE #BE99AD

split-complementary

#BEBD99 #99ADBE #AB99BE

monochromatic

#878556 #A6A574 #BEBD99 #D6D5BE #EEEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BEBD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BEBD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD99

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD99	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.049 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0b7',
    500: '#bebd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd99;
$custom-light: #d2d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78979,
    "c": 0.04893,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD99

secondary

#D4D4DF

accent

#47A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD99

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

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