#BEC996#BEC996

#BEC996 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.069 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC996
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 150)
HSL	hsl(73, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(73, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 25.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -12.33, 24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 27.25, 116.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0325 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.069 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6265, 54.9226, 36.9404)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC996 #A196C9

analogous

#C9BB96 #BEC996 #A5C996

triadic

#BEC996 #96BEC9 #C996BE

tetradic

#BEC996 #96C9BB #A196C9 #C996A5

square

#BEC996 #96C9BB #A196C9 #C996A5

split-complementary

#BEC996 #96A5C9 #BB96C9

monochromatic

#87974E #A5B46E #BEC996 #D7DEBE #F0F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BEC996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC996

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC996	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.069 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9b5',
    500: '#bec996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec996;
$custom-light: #d2d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.941,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81454,
    "c": 0.06947,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC996

secondary

#72659E

accent

#3BAB53

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC996

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

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