#BEC595#BEC595

#BEC595 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.065 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC595
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 149)
HSL	hsl(69, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(69, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 24.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -10.42, 23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 25.56, 114.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0271 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.065 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6260, 53.0499, 36.2113)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC595 #9C95C5

analogous

#C5B495 #BEC595 #A6C595

triadic

#BEC595 #95BEC5 #C595BE

tetradic

#BEC595 #95C5B4 #9C95C5 #C595A6

square

#BEC595 #95C5B4 #9C95C5 #C595A6

split-complementary

#BEC595 #95A6C5 #B495C5

monochromatic

#87914F #A6AF6D #BEC595 #D6DBBD #EFF0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BEC595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BEC595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC595

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC595	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.065 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d6b4',
    500: '#bec595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec595;
$custom-light: #d2d6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 29.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80581,
    "c": 0.065,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC595

secondary

#6D6599

accent

#3EA84D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC595

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

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