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#BEB859

#beb859 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#beb859 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 72.16% green and 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.16% magenta, 53.16% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 56.44°, with 43.72% saturation and 54.71% 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 10.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 3.06.

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Relative luminance0.4595

Complementary

  1. #beb859
  2. #595fbe

Split complementary

  1. #beb859
  2. #5992be
  3. #8659be

Analogous

  1. #be8659
  2. #beb859
  3. #92be59

Triadic

  1. #beb859
  2. #59beb8
  3. #b859be

Tetradic

  1. #beb859
  2. #5fbe59
  3. #595fbe
  4. #b859be

Square

  1. #beb859
  2. #59be86
  3. #595fbe
  4. #be5992

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5723
  2. #928c39
  3. #beb859
  4. #d4d090
  5. #e9e7c7

Shades

#beb859 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #beb859
  2. #aba650
  3. #989347
  4. #85813e
  5. #726e35
  6. #5f5c2d
  7. #4c4a24
  8. #39371b
  9. #262512
  10. #131209
  11. #000000

Tints

#beb859 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #beb859
  2. #c5bf6a
  3. #cbc67a
  4. #d2cd8b
  5. #d8d49b
  6. #dfdcac
  7. #e5e3bd
  8. #eceacd
  9. #f2f1de
  10. #f9f8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#beb859 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #beb859
  2. #b8b25d
  3. #b2ad61
  4. #aba765
  5. #a5a269
  6. #9f9c6d
  7. #999670
  8. #939174
  9. #8c8b78
  10. #86867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b698 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b250 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b75e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #caada3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3b454 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b75c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5b28b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-beb859 {
  color: #beb859;
}
Background
.bg-beb859 {
  background-color: #beb859;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-beb859 {
  border: 2px solid #beb859;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #beb859;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 184 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 44% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-beb859 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #beb859, #92be59);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-beb859 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 184 89 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 3.06 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.58 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.43 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.59 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.59 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.95 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.30 #4147a6 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#beb859  rgb(190, 184, 89)  hsl(56, 44%, 55%)  Dark Khaki
#595fbe  rgb(89, 95, 190)  hsl(236, 44%, 55%)  Slate Blue
#59beb8  rgb(89, 190, 184)  hsl(176, 44%, 55%)  Verdigris
#b859be  rgb(184, 89, 190)  hsl(296, 44%, 55%)  Medium Orchid