#BEC59B#BEC59B

#BEC59B is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.057 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC59B
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 155)
HSL	hsl(70, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(70, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 21.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -9.54, 20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 22.44, 115.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0246 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.057 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1174, 53.2465, 38.7994)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC59B #A29BC5

analogous

#C5B79B #BEC59B #A9C59B

triadic

#BEC59B #9BBEC5 #C59BBE

tetradic

#BEC59B #9BC5B7 #A29BC5 #C59BA9

square

#BEC59B #9BC5B7 #A29BC5 #C59BA9

split-complementary

#BEC59B #9BA9C5 #B79BC5

monochromatic

#879154 #A5AF74 #BEC59B #D7DBC2 #F0F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BEC59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#BEC59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC59B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC59B	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.057 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d6b8',
    500: '#bec59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec59b;
$custom-light: #d2d6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80711,
    "c": 0.0573,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC59B

secondary

#736B99

accent

#40A551

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC59B

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

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