#BEC99C#BEC99C

#BEC99C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.062 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC99C
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 156)
HSL	hsl(75, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(75, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 22.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -11.45, 21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 24.17, 118.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0299 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.062 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1220, 55.1209, 39.5503)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC99C #A79CC9

analogous

#C9BE9C #BEC99C #A7C99C

triadic

#BEC99C #9CBEC9 #C99CBE

tetradic

#BEC99C #9CC9BE #A79CC9 #C99CA7

square

#BEC99C #9CC9BE #A79CC9 #C99CA7

split-complementary

#BEC99C #9CA7C9 #BE9CC9

monochromatic

#879853 #A4B374 #BEC99C #D8DFC4 #F2F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BEC99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC99C

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC99C	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.062 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9b9',
    500: '#bec99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec99c;
$custom-light: #d2d9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.667,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81583,
    "c": 0.06189,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC99C

secondary

#786B9E

accent

#3DA857

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC99C

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

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