#BEBE72#BEBE72

#BEBE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.098 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE72
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 40%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -11.26, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 39.96, 106.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0311 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.098 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6865, 48.9898, 23.1237)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE72 #7272BE

analogous

#BE9872 #BEBE72 #98BE72

triadic

#BEBE72 #72BEBE #BE72BE

tetradic

#BEBE72 #72BE98 #7272BE #BE7298

square

#BEBE72 #72BE98 #7272BE #BE7298

split-complementary

#BEBE72 #7298BE #9872BE

monochromatic

#7C7C39 #A6A64D #BEBE72 #D1D19C #E5E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BEBE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BEBE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE72

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE72	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.098 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d19c',
    500: '#bebe72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe72;
$custom-light: #d3d19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78438,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE72

secondary

#B7B7D5

accent

#5BCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE72

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

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