#BEC99D#BEC99D

#BEC99D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.061 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC99D
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(75, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(75, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 21.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -11.30, 20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 23.65, 118.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0295 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.061 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2071, 55.1549, 39.9981)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC99D #A89DC9

analogous

#C9BE9D #BEC99D #A8C99D

triadic

#BEC99D #9DBEC9 #C99DBE

tetradic

#BEC99D #9DC9BE #A89DC9 #C99DA8

square

#BEC99D #9DC9BE #A89DC9 #C99DA8

split-complementary

#BEC99D #9DA8C9 #BE9DC9

monochromatic

#879854 #A4B376 #BEC99D #D8DFC4 #F2F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BEC99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC99D

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC99D	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.061 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9ba',
    500: '#bec99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec99d;
$custom-light: #d2d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81605,
    "c": 0.06062,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC99D

secondary

#796C9E

accent

#3EA858

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC99D

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

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