#BEC156#BEC156
#BEC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.130 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BEC156 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(190, 193, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 46%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 55%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 55.4%, 24.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.92, -15.42, 52.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.92, 54.73, 106.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.71% -0.0457 0.122) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.71% 0.13 110.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.9859, 49.7599, 16.1952) |
| Luminance | 0.4976 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 5.28
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 5.35
Light Olive
#ACBF69
ΔE00 5.80
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.99
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 6.07
Greenish Tan
#BCCB7A
ΔE00 6.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BEC156 #5956C1
analogous
#C18E56 #BEC156 #89C156
triadic
#BEC156 #56BEC1 #C156BE
tetradic
#BEC156 #56C18E #5956C1 #C15689
square
#BEC156 #56C18E #5956C1 #C15689
split-complementary
#BEC156 #5689C1 #8E56C1
monochromatic
#71732A #9D9F3A #BEC156 #CFD183 #E0E2B0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.92
#BEC156 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.95
#BEC156 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BEC156
10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BEC156 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BEC156 | 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)
#CFB94B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBD5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CAB6AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bec156; /* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.130 110.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d4d389',
500: '#bec156',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bec156; $custom-light: #d4d389; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bec156",
"rgb": {
"r": 190,
"g": 193,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.682,
"s": 46.32,
"l": 54.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78709,
"c": 0.1303,
"h": 110.5
},
"luminance": 0.49759
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BEC156
secondary
#A4A3D0
accent
#52D656
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FAF9F0
border
#D3D2CB
text
#14140C
muted
#83827D