#BEBDA9#BEBDA9

#BEBDA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.028 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBDA9
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(57, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 11.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -3.15, 10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 10.72, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.007 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.028 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5934, 50.2072, 44.7648)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBDA9 #A9AABE

analogous

#BEB2A9 #BEBDA9 #B4BEA9

triadic

#BEBDA9 #A9BEBD #BDA9BE

tetradic

#BEBDA9 #A9BEB2 #A9AABE #BEA9B4

square

#BEBDA9 #A9BEB2 #A9AABE #BEA9B4

split-complementary

#BEBDA9 #A9B4BE #B2A9BE

monochromatic

#878566 #A4A286 #BEBDA9 #D8D8CC #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BEBDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BEBDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBDA9

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBDA9	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.028 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c2',
    500: '#bebda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebda9;
$custom-light: #d1d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79367,
    "c": 0.02754,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBDA9

secondary

#7A7B91

accent

#51984D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBDA9

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

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