#BEC279#BEC279

#BEC279 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.095 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC279
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 37.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -12.52, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 38.37, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0342 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.095 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9786, 50.9119, 25.5957)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC279 #7D79C2

analogous

#C2A279 #BEC279 #9AC279

triadic

#BEC279 #79BEC2 #C279BE

tetradic

#BEC279 #79C2A2 #7D79C2 #C2799A

square

#BEC279 #79C2A2 #7D79C2 #C2799A

split-complementary

#BEC279 #799AC2 #A279C2

monochromatic

#80843C #A9AE4F #BEC279 #D2D5A3 #E7E8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BEC279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BEC279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC279

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC279	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.095 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d4a0',
    500: '#bec279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec279;
$custom-light: #d2d4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.288,
    "s": 37.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7941,
    "c": 0.09515,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC279

secondary

#56528D

accent

#35B03C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC279

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

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