#BEBE99#BEBE99

#BEBE99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.050 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE99
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -6.20, 18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 19.75, 108.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0151 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.05 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3981, 50.0745, 37.4046)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE99 #9999BE

analogous

#BEAC99 #BEBE99 #ACBE99

triadic

#BEBE99 #99BEBE #BE99BE

tetradic

#BEBE99 #99BEAC #9999BE #BE99AC

square

#BEBE99 #99BEAC #9999BE #BE99AC

split-complementary

#BEBE99 #99ACBE #AC99BE

monochromatic

#878756 #A6A674 #BEBE99 #D6D6BE #EEEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BEBE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BEBE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE99

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE99	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.050 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1b7',
    500: '#bebe99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe99;
$custom-light: #d2d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79189,
    "c": 0.05023,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE99

secondary

#6A6A91

accent

#45A145

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE99

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

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