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#BEB49F

#beb49f ≈ Tan

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#beb49f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 70.59% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.26% magenta, 16.32% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 40.65°, with 19.25% saturation and 68.43% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Tan (#d2b48c), ΔE 8.34.

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Relative luminance0.4609

Complementary

  1. #beb49f
  2. #9fa9be

Split complementary

  1. #beb49f
  2. #9fb8be
  3. #a59fbe

Analogous

  1. #bea59f
  2. #beb49f
  3. #b8be9f

Triadic

  1. #beb49f
  2. #9fbeb4
  3. #b49fbe

Tetradic

  1. #beb49f
  2. #a9be9f
  3. #9fa9be
  4. #b49fbe

Square

  1. #beb49f
  2. #9fbea5
  3. #9fa9be
  4. #be9fb8

Monochromatic

  1. #75694f
  2. #9f9071
  3. #beb49f
  4. #ddd8cd
  5. #f7f5f3

Shades

#beb49f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #beb49f
  2. #aba28f
  3. #98907f
  4. #857e6f
  5. #726c5f
  6. #5f5a50
  7. #4c4840
  8. #393630
  9. #262420
  10. #131210
  11. #000000

Tints

#beb49f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #beb49f
  2. #c5bca9
  3. #cbc3b2
  4. #d2cbbc
  5. #d8d2c5
  6. #dfdacf
  7. #e5e1d9
  8. #ece9e2
  9. #f2f0ec
  10. #f9f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#beb49f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #beb49f
  2. #b8af9c
  3. #b2aa99
  4. #aba496
  5. #a59f93
  6. #9f9a90
  7. #99958c
  8. #939089
  9. #8c8a86
  10. #868583
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b4ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9b39e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcb6a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4b0ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbb49e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdb59f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1b2a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-beb49f {
  color: #beb49f;
}
Background
.bg-beb49f {
  background-color: #beb49f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-beb49f {
  border: 2px solid #beb49f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #beb49f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 180 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 19% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-beb49f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #beb49f, #b8be9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-beb49f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 180 159 / 0.35);
}

#d2b48c Tan ΔE 8.34 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.44 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.60 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 9.61 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.90 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.01 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.01 #414b60 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Tan
#beb49f  rgb(190, 180, 159)  hsl(41, 19%, 68%)  Tan
#9fa9be  rgb(159, 169, 190)  hsl(221, 19%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9fbeb4  rgb(159, 190, 180)  hsl(161, 19%, 68%)  Opal
#b49fbe  rgb(180, 159, 190)  hsl(281, 19%, 68%)  Pastel Purple