#BEC978#BEC978

#BEC978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.105 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC978
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(68, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 40.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -16.18, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 42.38, 112.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0447 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.105 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5123, 54.0770, 25.8060)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC978 #8378C9

analogous

#C9AB78 #BEC978 #95C978

triadic

#BEC978 #78BEC9 #C978BE

tetradic

#BEC978 #78C9AB #8378C9 #C97895

square

#BEC978 #78C9AB #8378C9 #C97895

split-complementary

#BEC978 #7895C9 #AB78C9

monochromatic

#828E39 #A9B84C #BEC978 #D3DAA4 #E8ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BEC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#BEC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC978

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC978	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.105 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d9a0',
    500: '#bec978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec978;
$custom-light: #d3d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.148,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80904,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC978

secondary

#5A5095

accent

#30B642

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC978

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

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