#BECE99#BECE99

#BECE99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.073 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECE99
RGB	rgb(190, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(78, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(78, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -14.44, 24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 28.55, 120.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0384 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.073 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0557, 57.3897, 38.6238)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECE99 #A999CE

analogous

#CEC399 #BECE99 #A3CE99

triadic

#BECE99 #99BECE #CE99BE

tetradic

#BECE99 #99CEC3 #A999CE #CE99A3

square

#BECE99 #99CEC3 #A999CE #CE99A3

split-complementary

#BECE99 #99A3CE #C399CE

monochromatic

#87A04D #A4BA70 #BECE99 #D8E2C2 #F2F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BECE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#BECE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECE99

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECE99	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bece99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.073 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ddb7',
    500: '#bece99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bece99;
$custom-light: #d2ddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bece99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.113,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82587,
    "c": 0.07314,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECE99

secondary

#7A68A3

accent

#38AE5B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECE99

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

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