#BEC299#BEC299

#BEC299 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.056 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC299
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 21.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -8.29, 20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 21.85, 112.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.021 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.056 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2764, 51.8310, 37.6973)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC299 #9D99C2

analogous

#C2B199 #BEC299 #A9C299

triadic

#BEC299 #99BEC2 #C299BE

tetradic

#BEC299 #99C2B1 #9D99C2 #C299A9

square

#BEC299 #99C2B1 #9D99C2 #C299A9

split-complementary

#BEC299 #99A9C2 #B199C2

monochromatic

#878D54 #A6AB73 #BEC299 #D6D9BF #EFF0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BEC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BEC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC299

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC299	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BE96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.056 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d4b7',
    500: '#bec299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec299;
$custom-light: #d2d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.854,
    "s": 25.153,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80031,
    "c": 0.05564,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC299

secondary

#6E6996

accent

#42A44B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC299

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

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