#BEBEAE#BEBEAE

#BEBEAE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.022 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBEAE
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -2.84, 8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 8.57, 109.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0064 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.022 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2877, 50.8303, 47.3562)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBEAE #AEAEBE

analogous

#BEB6AE #BEBEAE #B6BEAE

triadic

#BEBEAE #AEBEBE #BEAEBE

tetradic

#BEBEAE #AEBEB6 #AEAEBE #BEAEB6

square

#BEBEAE #AEBEB6 #AEAEBE #BEAEB6

split-complementary

#BEBEAE #AEB6BE #B6AEBE

monochromatic

#86866C #A3A38C #BEBEAE #D9D9D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BEBEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BEBEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBEAE

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBEAE	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.022 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1c6',
    500: '#bebeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebeae;
$custom-light: #d1d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79705,
    "c": 0.02206,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBEAE

secondary

#7F7F91

accent

#509550

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBEAE

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

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