Palettes / Colors / #BEC360

#BEC360 — Muted Yellow

#BEC360 is a yellow color we call Muted Yellow, closest to the named color DarkKhaki (#BDB76B). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkkhaki (#BDB76B) — not an exact match. CSS darkkhaki gives you #BDB76B, a different color; use #BEC360 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BEC360 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #6560C3; it also sits naturally between #C39660 and #8CC360. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 76% · Blue 38%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 51% · Key 24%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BEC360

.text { color: #BEC360; }
.background { background-color: #BEC360; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEC360; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 195, 96); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 45%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEC360; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 195, 96, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEC360; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 195, 96, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEC360">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEC360">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEC360

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #6560C3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BEC360: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEC360

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BEC360 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEC360 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEC35F  ·  #BEC361 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEC360?

#BEC360 is Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 190, 195, 96). Its closest standard named color is DarkKhaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEC360?

#BEC360 is RGB 190, 195, 96 — HSL 63°, 45%, 57% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 51%, 24%.

What colors go with #BEC360?

Its complement is #6560C3; analogous partners are #C39660 and #8CC360. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEC360 for text?

Black text on #BEC360 has a contrast ratio of 11.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.88:1.