#BEC175#BEC175

#BEC175 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.098 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC175
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 117)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 39.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -12.46, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 39.89, 108.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0343 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.098 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5166, 50.3722, 24.2566)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC175 #7875C1

analogous

#C19E75 #BEC175 #98C175

triadic

#BEC175 #75BEC1 #C175BE

tetradic

#BEC175 #75C19E #7875C1 #C17598

square

#BEC175 #75C19E #7875C1 #C17598

split-complementary

#BEC175 #7598C1 #9E75C1

monochromatic

#7F813A #A8AC4D #BEC175 #D2D49F #E6E7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BEC175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BEC175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC175

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC175	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.098 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d39e',
    500: '#bec175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec175;
$custom-light: #d3d39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7913,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC175

secondary

#52508A

accent

#35B139

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC175

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

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