#BEC599#BEC599

#BEC599 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.060 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC599
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(70, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(70, 22%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 22.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -9.84, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 23.48, 114.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0254 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.06 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9508, 53.1799, 37.9221)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC599 #A099C5

analogous

#C5B699 #BEC599 #A8C599

triadic

#BEC599 #99BEC5 #C599BE

tetradic

#BEC599 #99C5B6 #A099C5 #C599A8

square

#BEC599 #99C5B6 #A099C5 #C599A8

split-complementary

#BEC599 #99A8C5 #B699C5

monochromatic

#879153 #A5AF72 #BEC599 #D7DBC0 #F0F1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BEC599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BEC599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC599

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC599	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.060 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d6b7',
    500: '#bec599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec599;
$custom-light: #d2d6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.545,
    "s": 27.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80667,
    "c": 0.05987,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC599

secondary

#716999

accent

#3FA650

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC599

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

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