#BEC196#BEC196

#BEC196 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.058 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC196
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(64, 26%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(64, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 22.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -8.21, 21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 22.89, 111.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0208 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.058 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8099, 51.2895, 36.3348)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC196 #9996C1

analogous

#C1AF96 #BEC196 #A9C196

triadic

#BEC196 #96BEC1 #C196BE

tetradic

#BEC196 #96C1AF #9996C1 #C196A9

square

#BEC196 #96C1AF #9996C1 #C196A9

split-complementary

#BEC196 #96A9C1 #AF96C1

monochromatic

#878B52 #A6AA70 #BEC196 #D6D8BC #EEEEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BEC196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC196

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC196	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.058 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d3b5',
    500: '#bec196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec196;
$custom-light: #d2d3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.186,
    "s": 25.749,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79754,
    "c": 0.05815,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC196

secondary

#6A6794

accent

#41A448

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC196

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

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