#BEC579#BEC579

#BEC579 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.099 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC579
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(66, 40%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 39%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 38.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -14.05, 37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 39.86, 110.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0386 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.099 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6530, 52.2607, 25.8205)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC579 #8079C5

analogous

#C5A679 #BEC579 #98C579

triadic

#BEC579 #79BEC5 #C579BE

tetradic

#BEC579 #79C5A6 #8079C5 #C57998

square

#BEC579 #79C5A6 #8079C5 #C57998

split-complementary

#BEC579 #7998C5 #A679C5

monochromatic

#81893B #A9B34E #BEC579 #D3D7A4 #E7EACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BEC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BEC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC579

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC579	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.099 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d6a1',
    500: '#bec579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec579;
$custom-light: #d3d6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.526,
    "s": 39.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80056,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC579

secondary

#585290

accent

#33B33F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC579

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

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