#BEC178#BEC178

#BEC178 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.095 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC178
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 37.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -12.13, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 38.38, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0331 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.095 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6958, 50.4439, 25.2004)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC178 #7B78C1

analogous

#C1A078 #BEC178 #9AC178

triadic

#BEC178 #78BEC1 #C178BE

tetradic

#BEC178 #78C1A0 #7B78C1 #C1789A

square

#BEC178 #78C1A0 #7B78C1 #C1789A

split-complementary

#BEC178 #789AC1 #A078C1

monochromatic

#80833C #A9AD4F #BEC178 #D2D4A2 #E6E8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BEC178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BEC178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC178

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC178	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.095 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d3a0',
    500: '#bec178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec178;
$custom-light: #d2d3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.466,
    "s": 37.056,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79179,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC178

secondary

#54528B

accent

#36B03B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC178

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

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