#BEC042#BEC042

#BEC042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.145 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC042
RGB	rgb(190, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -16.29, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 62.78, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0503 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.145 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0695, 49.0409, 12.4556)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC042 #4442C0

analogous

#C08342 #BEC042 #7FC042

triadic

#BEC042 #42BEC0 #C042BE

tetradic

#BEC042 #42C083 #4442C0 #C0427F

square

#BEC042 #42C083 #4442C0 #C0427F

split-complementary

#BEC042 #427FC0 #8342C0

monochromatic

#656622 #929431 #BEC042 #CECF70 #DEDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BEC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BEC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC042

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC042	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.145 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d27d',
    500: '#bec042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec042;
$custom-light: #d5d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.952,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78298,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC042

secondary

#9493CB

accent

#4EDA50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC042

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

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