#BEC199#BEC199

#BEC199 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.054 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC199
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(65, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 20.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -7.77, 19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 21.32, 111.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0195 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.054 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0546, 51.3874, 37.6234)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC199 #9C99C1

analogous

#C1B099 #BEC199 #AAC199

triadic

#BEC199 #99BEC1 #C199BE

tetradic

#BEC199 #99C1B0 #9C99C1 #C199AA

square

#BEC199 #99C1B0 #9C99C1 #C199AA

split-complementary

#BEC199 #99AAC1 #B099C1

monochromatic

#878B55 #A6AA73 #BEC199 #D6D8BF #EFEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BEC199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BEC199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC199

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC199	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.054 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d3b7',
    500: '#bec199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec199;
$custom-light: #d2d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 24.39,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7982,
    "c": 0.05426,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC199

secondary

#6D6995

accent

#43A34A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC199

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

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