#BEC499#BEC499

#BEC499 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.058 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC499
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 153)
HSL	hsl(68, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(68, 22%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 21.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -9.32, 20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 22.93, 113.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0239 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.058 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7245, 52.7272, 37.8467)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC499 #9F99C4

analogous

#C4B499 #BEC499 #A8C499

triadic

#BEC499 #99BEC4 #C499BE

tetradic

#BEC499 #99C4B4 #9F99C4 #C499A8

square

#BEC499 #99C4B4 #9F99C4 #C499A8

split-complementary

#BEC499 #99A8C4 #B499C4

monochromatic

#879053 #A5AE72 #BEC499 #D7DAC0 #EFF1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BEC499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BEC499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC499

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC499	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.058 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d5b7',
    500: '#bec499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec499;
$custom-light: #d2d5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.372,
    "s": 26.708,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80455,
    "c": 0.05845,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC499

secondary

#706998

accent

#40A54E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC499

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

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