#BEC97E#BEC97E

#BEC97E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.099 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC97E
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 126)
HSL	hsl(69, 41%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(69, 37%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 37.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -15.49, 36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 39.41, 113.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0423 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.099 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8879, 54.2272, 27.7841)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC97E #897EC9

analogous

#C9AF7E #BEC97E #99C97E

triadic

#BEC97E #7EBEC9 #C97EBE

tetradic

#BEC97E #7EC9AF #897EC9 #C97E99

square

#BEC97E #7EC9AF #897EC9 #C97E99

split-complementary

#BEC97E #7E99C9 #AF7EC9

monochromatic

#84903C #A8B753 #BEC97E #D4DBA9 #E9EDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BEC97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#BEC97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC97E

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC97E	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.099 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9a4',
    500: '#bec97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec97e;
$custom-light: #d2d9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.8,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81002,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC97E

secondary

#5E5497

accent

#31B445

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC97E

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

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