#BEBE6D#BEBE6D

#BEBE6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.104 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE6D
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 109)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 42.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -11.79, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 42.45, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0331 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.104 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4097, 48.8791, 21.6656)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE6D #6D6DBE

analogous

#BE956D #BEBE6D #95BE6D

triadic

#BEBE6D #6DBEBE #BE6DBE

tetradic

#BEBE6D #6DBE95 #6D6DBE #BE6D95

square

#BEBE6D #6DBE95 #6D6DBE #BE6D95

split-complementary

#BEBE6D #6D95BE #956DBE

monochromatic

#7A7A36 #A5A549 #BEBE6D #D1D197 #E4E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BEBE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BEBE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE6D

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE6D	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.104 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d198',
    500: '#bebe6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe6d;
$custom-light: #d3d198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.389,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78361,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE6D

secondary

#B3B3D3

accent

#59CE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE6D

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

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