#BEC79C#BEC79C

#BEC79C is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.059 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC79C
RGB	rgb(190, 199, 156)
HSL	hsl(73, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(73, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 21.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -10.42, 20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 23.04, 116.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0271 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.059 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6588, 54.1945, 39.3959)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC79C #A59CC7

analogous

#C7BB9C #BEC79C #A9C79C

triadic

#BEC79C #9CBEC7 #C79CBE

tetradic

#BEC79C #9CC7BB #A59CC7 #C79CA9

square

#BEC79C #9CC7BB #A59CC7 #C79CA9

split-complementary

#BEC79C #9CA9C7 #BB9CC7

monochromatic

#879554 #A4B175 #BEC79C #D8DDC3 #F1F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BEC79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#BEC79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC79C

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC79C	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 199, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.059 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d8b9',
    500: '#bec79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec79c;
$custom-light: #d2d8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.558,
    "s": 27.742,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81157,
    "c": 0.05893,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC79C

secondary

#766C9C

accent

#3FA655

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC79C

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

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