#BEC155#BEC155

#BEC155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.131 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC155
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 56%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -15.50, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 55.18, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.046 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.131 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9459, 49.7439, 15.9845)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC155 #5855C1

analogous

#C18E55 #BEC155 #88C155

triadic

#BEC155 #55BEC1 #C155BE

tetradic

#BEC155 #55C18E #5855C1 #C15588

square

#BEC155 #55C18E #5855C1 #C15588

split-complementary

#BEC155 #5588C1 #8E55C1

monochromatic

#70722A #9C9F3A #BEC155 #CFD182 #E0E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BEC155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BEC155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC155

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC155	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.131 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d389',
    500: '#bec155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec155;
$custom-light: #d4d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78698,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC155

secondary

#A3A2D0

accent

#52D655

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC155

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

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