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#BEEC5B Color

#BEEC5B is rgb(190, 236, 91) in RGB, hsl(79, 79%, 64%) in HSL, and about cmyk(19%, 0%, 61%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Inchworm (#B2EC5D), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 4.75. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#BEEC5B
HEX#BEEC5B
RGBrgb(190, 236, 91)
HSLhsl(79, 79%, 64%)
HSVhsv(79, 61%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(19%, 0%, 61%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(88.3% 0.178 124.9)
LABlab(88.08% -30.81 62.89)
LCHlch(88.08% 70.03 116.10)

What #BEEC5B Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #BEEC5B, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#BEEC5B Channel Values

How #BEEC5B breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 190 · G 236 · B 918-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 79° · S 79% · L 64%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 79° · S 61% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 19% · M 0% · Y 61% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.37:1 vs white · 15.34:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #BEEC5B background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.37:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text15.34:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #BEEC5B in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #BEEC5B

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #BEEC5B; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #BEEC5B

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #BEEC5B.

How #BEEC5B Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#BEEC5B
Protanopia#E5E55C
Protanomaly#D7E85B
Deuteranopia#DEDE5F
Deuteranomaly#D2E45D
Tritanopia#CDE0E0
Tritanomaly#C7E5BA
Achromatopsia#DCDCDC

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #BEEC5B in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-beec5b: #BEEC5B;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #BEEC5B;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-beec5b': '#BEEC5B' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.745, green: 0.925, blue: 0.357)
Android XML<color name="color_beec5b">#BEEC5B</color>
SVG fillfill="#BEEC5B"

More Green Colors

#BEEC5B sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#BEEC5B Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #BEEC5B?

#BEEC5B is a light green — rgb(190, 236, 91) in RGB and hsl(79, 79%, 64%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Inchworm (#B2EC5D), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 4.75.

What is the RGB value of #BEEC5B?

#BEEC5B is rgb(190, 236, 91) — red 190, green 236, and blue 91 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #BEEC5B?

#BEEC5B converts to approximately cmyk(19%, 0%, 61%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #BEEC5B be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #BEEC5B scores 1.37:1 against white and 15.34:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #BEEC5B as a CSS color keyword?

No. #BEEC5B is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is yellowgreen (#9ACD32) at a CIE76 distance of 11.86, which is visibly different.

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