Light gray
#BEB8AB
#BEB8AB is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.5:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BEB8AB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BEB8AB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FBF6ED
- 100 EFEBE1
- 200 DED9CE
- 300 BEB8AB
- 400 A8A296
- 500 8D877B
- 600 726D61
- 700 5A554A
- 800 443F36
- 900 2F2B23
- 950 1B1812
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #fbf6ed; --color-gray-100: #efebe1; --color-gray-200: #ded9ce; --color-gray-300: #beb8ab; --color-gray-400: #a8a296; --color-gray-500: #8d877b; --color-gray-600: #726d61; --color-gray-700: #5a554a; --color-gray-800: #443f36; --color-gray-900: #2f2b23; --color-gray-950: #1b1812;}Is #BEB8AB readable?
Contrast for text on #BEB8AB and for #BEB8AB used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 43 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.5APCA Lc 65 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #7C766A · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.5APCA Lc 64 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BEB8AB
Six palettes built around #BEB8AB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BEB8AB · #C6B161 · #E98E48 · #BFECB9 · #2D2719
- Complementary#BEB8AB · #6C8ACA · #86B4FF · #FFE2AF · #272011
- Split complementary#BEB8AB · #2DB0F2 · #AE88FD · #FCDE99 · #34322C
- Triadic#BEB8AB · #2FA1B3 · #DC87D1 · #FFE1A6 · #32291A
- Tetradic#BEB8AB · #3FB9AB · #85AAFF · #FFDDE5 · #2E2818
- Monochromatic#BEB8AB · #C8AF6A · #DEA800 · #F7DAA0 · #2E2A21
#BEB8AB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BEB8AB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FBF6ED
- Brand 100, #EFEBE1
- Brand 200, #DED9CE
- Brand 300, #BEB8AB
- Brand 400, #A8A296
- Brand 500, #8D877B
- Brand 600, #726D61
- Brand 700, #5A554A
- Brand 800, #443F36
- Brand 900, #2F2B23
- Brand 950, #1B1812
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E6E5E2
- Neutral 300, #D6D4D0
- Neutral 400, #A3A19A
- Neutral 500, #76736C
- Neutral 600, #57544D
- Neutral 700, #43403A
- Neutral 800, #2A2822
- Neutral 900, #1A1812
- Neutral 950, #0C0A06
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #51A867
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #E7A750
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.0:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #BEB8AB
Lighter and darker versions of #BEB8AB.