#BEC97B#BEC97B

#BEC97B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.102 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC97B
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 123)
HSL	hsl(68, 42%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(68, 39%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 38.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -15.84, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 40.90, 112.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0435 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.102 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6973, 54.1510, 26.7799)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC97B #867BC9

analogous

#C9AD7B #BEC97B #97C97B

triadic

#BEC97B #7BBEC9 #C97BBE

tetradic

#BEC97B #7BC9AD #867BC9 #C97B97

square

#BEC97B #7BC9AD #867BC9 #C97B97

split-complementary

#BEC97B #7B97C9 #AD7BC9

monochromatic

#838F3B #A9B750 #BEC97B #D3DBA6 #E9EDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BEC97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BEC97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC97B

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC97B	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)

#D3C275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.102 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9a2',
    500: '#bec97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec97b;
$custom-light: #d2d9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.462,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80952,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC97B

secondary

#5C5296

accent

#30B543

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC97B

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

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