#BEC59E#BEC59E

#BEC59E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.053 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC59E
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 158)
HSL	hsl(71, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(71, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 19.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -9.09, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 20.88, 115.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0233 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.053 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3724, 53.3485, 40.1428)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC59E #A59EC5

analogous

#C5B99E #BEC59E #ABC59E

triadic

#BEC59E #9EBEC5 #C59EBE

tetradic

#BEC59E #9EC5B9 #A59EC5 #C59EAB

square

#BEC59E #9EC5B9 #A59EC5 #C59EAB

split-complementary

#BEC59E #9EABC5 #B99EC5

monochromatic

#879257 #A4AE78 #BEC59E #D8DCC4 #F1F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BEC59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#BEC59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC59E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC59E	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.053 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6ba',
    500: '#bec59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec59e;
$custom-light: #d1d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.769,
    "s": 25.161,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80778,
    "c": 0.05341,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC59E

secondary

#766E99

accent

#42A453

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC59E

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

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