#BEBE97#BEBE97

#BEBE97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.053 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE97
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -6.50, 19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 20.80, 108.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0159 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.053 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2343, 50.0089, 36.5419)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE97 #9797BE

analogous

#BEAB97 #BEBE97 #ABBE97

triadic

#BEBE97 #97BEBE #BE97BE

tetradic

#BEBE97 #97BEAB #9797BE #BE97AB

square

#BEBE97 #97BEAB #9797BE #BE97AB

split-complementary

#BEBE97 #97ABBE #AB97BE

monochromatic

#878754 #A6A671 #BEBE97 #D6D6BD #EDEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BEBE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BEBE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE97

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE97	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.053 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1b5',
    500: '#bebe97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe97;
$custom-light: #d2d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79144,
    "c": 0.05285,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE97

secondary

#686891

accent

#44A244

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE97

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

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