#BEC197#BEC197

#BEC197 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.057 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC197
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 151)
HSL	hsl(64, 25%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(64, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 21.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -8.06, 20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 22.37, 111.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0204 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.057 111)
XYZ	xyz(45.8908, 51.3219, 36.7607)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC197 #9A97C1

analogous

#C1AF97 #BEC197 #A9C197

triadic

#BEC197 #97BEC1 #C197BE

tetradic

#BEC197 #97C1AF #9A97C1 #C197A9

square

#BEC197 #97C1AF #9A97C1 #C197A9

split-complementary

#BEC197 #97A9C1 #AF97C1

monochromatic

#878B53 #A6AA71 #BEC197 #D6D8BD #EEEFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BEC197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BEC197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC197

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC197	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#C8BD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.057 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d3b5',
    500: '#bec197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec197;
$custom-light: #d2d3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 25.301,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79776,
    "c": 0.05685,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.51321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC197

secondary

#6B6894

accent

#42A449

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC197

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

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