#BEC2A4#BEC2A4

#BEC2A4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.041 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC2A4
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 164)
HSL	hsl(68, 20%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 15%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -6.59, 14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 16.06, 114.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0164 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.041 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2271, 52.2113, 42.7046)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC2A4 #A8A4C2

analogous

#C2B7A4 #BEC2A4 #AFC2A4

triadic

#BEC2A4 #A4BEC2 #C2A4BE

tetradic

#BEC2A4 #A4C2B7 #A8A4C2 #C2A4AF

square

#BEC2A4 #A4C2B7 #A8A4C2 #C2A4AF

split-complementary

#BEC2A4 #A4AFC2 #B7A4C2

monochromatic

#878D5F #A4A97F #BEC2A4 #D8DBC9 #F2F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BEC2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BEC2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC2A4

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC2A4	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BFA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.041 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d4bf',
    500: '#bec2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec2a4;
$custom-light: #d1d4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 19.737,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80286,
    "c": 0.04118,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC2A4

secondary

#797496

accent

#479E53

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC2A4

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

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