#BEBE79#BEBE79

#BEBE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.090 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE79
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -10.47, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 36.42, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0283 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.09 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1003, 49.1554, 25.3029)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE79 #7979BE

analogous

#BE9B79 #BEBE79 #9BBE79

triadic

#BEBE79 #79BEBE #BE79BE

tetradic

#BEBE79 #79BE9B #7979BE #BE799B

square

#BEBE79 #79BE9B #7979BE #BE799B

split-complementary

#BEBE79 #799BBE #9B79BE

monochromatic

#7F7F3E #A8A852 #BEBE79 #D2D2A2 #E6E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BEBE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BEBE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE79

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE79	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.090 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1a0',
    500: '#bebe79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe79;
$custom-light: #d2d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78553,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE79

secondary

#BCBCD6

accent

#38AE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE79

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

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