#BEBE5E#BEBE5E

#BEBE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.119 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE5E
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -13.23, 47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 49.72, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0386 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.119 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6700, 48.5832, 17.7699)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE5E #5E5EBE

analogous

#BE8E5E #BEBE5E #8EBE5E

triadic

#BEBE5E #5EBEBE #BE5EBE

tetradic

#BEBE5E #5EBE8E #5E5EBE #BE5E8E

square

#BEBE5E #5EBE8E #5E5EBE #BE5E8E

split-complementary

#BEBE5E #5E8EBE #8E5EBE

monochromatic

#73732E #9F9F40 #BEBE5E #D0D08A #E1E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEBE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BEBE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE5E

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE5E	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.119 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d18e',
    500: '#bebe5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe5e;
$custom-light: #d3d18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78154,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE5E

secondary

#A8A8D0

accent

#56D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE5E

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

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