#BEC596#BEC596

#BEC596 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.064 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC596
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(69, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(69, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -10.28, 22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 25.04, 114.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0267 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.064 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7061, 53.0820, 36.6336)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC596 #9D96C5

analogous

#C5B496 #BEC596 #A6C596

triadic

#BEC596 #96BEC5 #C596BE

tetradic

#BEC596 #96C5B4 #9D96C5 #C596A6

square

#BEC596 #96C5B4 #9D96C5 #C596A6

split-complementary

#BEC596 #96A6C5 #B496C5

monochromatic

#879150 #A6AF6F #BEC596 #D6DBBD #EFF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BEC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#BEC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC596

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC596	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.064 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d6b5',
    500: '#bec596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec596;
$custom-light: #d2d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.936,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80602,
    "c": 0.06372,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC596

secondary

#6E6699

accent

#3EA74E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC596

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

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