#BEBEA5#BEBEA5

#BEBEA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.034 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBEA5
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -4.34, 12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 13.37, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0101 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.034 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4395, 50.4910, 42.8893)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBEA5 #A5A5BE

analogous

#BEB2A5 #BEBEA5 #B2BEA5

triadic

#BEBEA5 #A5BEBE #BEA5BE

tetradic

#BEBEA5 #A5BEB2 #A5A5BE #BEA5B2

square

#BEBEA5 #A5BEB2 #A5A5BE #BEA5B2

split-complementary

#BEBEA5 #A5B2BE #B2A5BE

monochromatic

#878762 #A4A481 #BEBEA5 #D8D8C9 #F1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BEBEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BEBEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBEA5

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBEA5	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.034 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1bf',
    500: '#bebea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebea5;
$custom-light: #d1d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79474,
    "c": 0.03427,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBEA5

secondary

#767692

accent

#4B9A4B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBEA5

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

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