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#BEBC8D

Matcha · light warm yellow

About #BEBC8D

With the hex code #BEBC8D, this is a light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 74% green and 55% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 26% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Matcha — a ΔE of 9.6 — followed by Khaki. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #8D8FBE, a steel blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red190
Green188
Blue141

Closest named colours

Matcha
#A9B97F · ΔE 9.6
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 10.9
Sand
#E2CA9B · ΔE 11.2

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BEBC8D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on matcha #BEBC8D.
1.95:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on matcha #BEBC8D.
10.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEBC8D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEBC8D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4B88A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5BB8F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5B6AF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEBC8D?

With the hex code #BEBC8D, this is a light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 74% green and 55% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 26% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEBC8D?

Use black text. Black on #BEBC8D has a contrast ratio of 10.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEBC8D?

Its complementary colour is #8D8FBE, and analogous partners are #BEA38D and #A8BE8D.