#BEC12C#BEC12C

#BEC12C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.160 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC12C
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 77.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -17.85, 68.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 70.79, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0567 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.16 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7613, 49.2701, 9.7453)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC12C #2F2CC1

analogous

#C17A2C #BEC12C #74C12C

triadic

#BEC12C #2CBEC1 #C12CBE

tetradic

#BEC12C #2CC17A #2F2CC1 #C12C74

square

#BEC12C #2CC17A #2F2CC1 #C12C74

split-complementary

#BEC12C #2C74C1 #7A2CC1

monochromatic

#5C5D15 #8D8F21 #BEC12C #D5D853 #E1E384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BEC12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BEC12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC12C

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC12C	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.160 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d372',
    500: '#bec12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec12c;
$custom-light: #d5d372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.208,
    "s": 62.869,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7837,
    "c": 0.15976,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC12C

secondary

#7E7DCC

accent

#42E645

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC12C

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

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