#BEC79B#BEC79B

#BEC79B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.060 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC79B
RGB	rgb(190, 199, 155)
HSL	hsl(72, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(72, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 22.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -10.57, 21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 23.56, 116.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0275 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.06 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5745, 54.1608, 38.9518)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC79B #A49BC7

analogous

#C7BA9B #BEC79B #A8C79B

triadic

#BEC79B #9BBEC7 #C79BBE

tetradic

#BEC79B #9BC7BA #A49BC7 #C79BA8

square

#BEC79B #9BC7BA #A49BC7 #C79BA8

split-complementary

#BEC79B #9BA8C7 #BA9BC7

monochromatic

#879453 #A5B174 #BEC79B #D8DDC2 #F1F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BEC79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BEC79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC79B

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC79B	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 199, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.060 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d8b8',
    500: '#bec79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec79b;
$custom-light: #d2d8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.273,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81135,
    "c": 0.06022,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC79B

secondary

#756B9C

accent

#3FA754

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC79B

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

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