#BEBEAD#BEBEAD

#BEBEAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.023 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBEAD
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 173)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -3.01, 8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 9.10, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0068 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.023 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1905, 50.7914, 46.8447)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBEAD #ADADBE

analogous

#BEB5AD #BEBEAD #B5BEAD

triadic

#BEBEAD #ADBEBE #BEADBE

tetradic

#BEBEAD #ADBEB5 #ADADBE #BEADB5

square

#BEBEAD #ADBEB5 #ADADBE #BEADB5

split-complementary

#BEBEAD #ADB5BE #B5ADBE

monochromatic

#86866A #A3A38B #BEBEAD #D9D9CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BEBEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BEBEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBEAD

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBEAD	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.023 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1c5',
    500: '#bebead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebead;
$custom-light: #d1d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.565,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79678,
    "c": 0.02342,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBEAD

secondary

#7E7E91

accent

#509650

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBEAD

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

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