#BEC142#BEC142

#BEC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.147 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC142
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -16.79, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 63.18, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0517 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.147 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2898, 49.4815, 12.5290)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC142 #4542C1

analogous

#C18442 #BEC142 #7EC142

triadic

#BEC142 #42BEC1 #C142BE

tetradic

#BEC142 #42C184 #4542C1 #C1427E

square

#BEC142 #42C184 #4542C1 #C1427E

split-complementary

#BEC142 #427EC1 #8442C1

monochromatic

#656722 #939531 #BEC142 #CED070 #DEDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BEC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BEC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC142

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC142	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.147 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d37d',
    500: '#bec142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec142;
$custom-light: #d5d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.417,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78516,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC142

secondary

#9593CC

accent

#4EDA51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC142

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

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