#BEABA2 is a muted, temperate amber. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #BEABA2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #BEABA2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Khaki sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
This palette keeps Khaki as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Khaki anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Khaki opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Khaki is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Khaki carrying the quiet middle.
How #BEABA2 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #BEABA2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BEABA2;
--color-base-rgb: 190 171 162;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(75.5% 0.026 47.0);
--color-50: #F9F7F6;
--color-100: #EEE9E7;
--color-200: #DED4CF;
--color-300: #C3B3AC;
--color-400: #A8948A;
--color-500: #8A756B;
--color-600: #6C5D56;
--color-700: #4F4540;
--color-800: #352F2C;
--color-900: #211E1C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
khaki: {
50: '#F9F7F6',
100: '#EEE9E7',
200: '#DED4CF',
300: '#C3B3AC',
400: '#A8948A',
500: '#8A756B',
600: '#6C5D56',
700: '#4F4540',
800: '#352F2C',
900: '#211E1C',
},
}
$base: #BEABA2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9F7F6; $base-100: #EEE9E7; $base-200: #DED4CF; $base-300: #C3B3AC; $base-400: #A8948A; $base-500: #8A756B; $base-600: #6C5D56; $base-700: #4F4540; $base-800: #352F2C; $base-900: #211E1C; $base-hover: #A18578; $base-subtle: #EBE6E4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BEABA2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F7F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEE9E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DED4CF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C3B3AC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A8948A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8A756B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6C5D56",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4F4540",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#352F2C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#211E1C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}