#BEBE8D#BEBE8D

#BEBE8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.066 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE8D
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 141)
HSL	hsl(60, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -7.93, 24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 26.07, 107.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0201 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.066 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4564, 49.6978, 32.4448)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE8D #8D8DBE

analogous

#BEA68D #BEBE8D #A6BE8D

triadic

#BEBE8D #8DBEBE #BE8DBE

tetradic

#BEBE8D #8DBEA6 #8D8DBE #BE8DA6

square

#BEBE8D #8DBEA6 #8D8DBE #BE8DA6

split-complementary

#BEBE8D #8DA6BE #A68DBE

monochromatic

#85854C #A8A866 #BEBE8D #D4D4B4 #EAEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BEBE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BEBE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE8D

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE8D	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BA8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.066 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1ae',
    500: '#bebe8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe8d;
$custom-light: #d2d1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78929,
    "c": 0.06573,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE8D

secondary

#CBCBDC

accent

#40A640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE8D

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

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