#BEC161#BEC161

#BEC161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.120 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC161
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -14.49, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 49.65, 106.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0419 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.12 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4637, 49.9511, 18.7116)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC161 #6461C1

analogous

#C19461 #BEC161 #8EC161

triadic

#BEC161 #61BEC1 #C161BE

tetradic

#BEC161 #61C194 #6461C1 #C1618E

square

#BEC161 #61C194 #6461C1 #C1618E

split-complementary

#BEC161 #618EC1 #9461C1

monochromatic

#76782F #A1A440 #BEC161 #D0D28D #E2E3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BEC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BEC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC161

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC161	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.120 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d390',
    500: '#bec161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec161;
$custom-light: #d3d390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7884,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC161

secondary

#ADABD2

accent

#54D358

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC161

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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