#BEC97A#BEC97A

#BEC97A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.103 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC97A
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 122)
HSL	hsl(68, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 39%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 39.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -15.96, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 41.40, 112.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0439 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.103 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6350, 54.1261, 26.4519)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC97A #857AC9

analogous

#C9AC7A #BEC97A #96C97A

triadic

#BEC97A #7ABEC9 #C97ABE

tetradic

#BEC97A #7AC9AC #857AC9 #C97A96

square

#BEC97A #7AC9AC #857AC9 #C97A96

split-complementary

#BEC97A #7A96C9 #AC7AC9

monochromatic

#838F3A #A9B74E #BEC97A #D3DBA6 #E9ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BEC97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BEC97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC97A

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC97A	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	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)

#D3C274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.103 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d9a1',
    500: '#bec97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec97a;
$custom-light: #d3d9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.354,
    "s": 42.246,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80936,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC97A

secondary

#5B5196

accent

#30B543

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC97A

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

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