#BEC16D#BEC16D

#BEC16D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.107 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC16D
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(62, 40%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 43.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -13.32, 41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 43.86, 107.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0374 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.107 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0662, 50.1920, 21.8844)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC16D #706DC1

analogous

#C19A6D #BEC16D #94C16D

triadic

#BEC16D #6DBEC1 #C16DBE

tetradic

#BEC16D #6DC19A #706DC1 #C16D94

square

#BEC16D #6DC19A #706DC1 #C16D94

split-complementary

#BEC16D #6D94C1 #9A6DC1

monochromatic

#7B7E36 #A6A948 #BEC16D #D1D398 #E4E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BEC16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BEC16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC16D

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC16D	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBA66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBD71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.107 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d398',
    500: '#bec16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec16d;
$custom-light: #d3d398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 40.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79006,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC16D

secondary

#4E4B87

accent

#58D05C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC16D

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

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