#BEC159#BEC159

#BEC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC159
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -15.18, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 53.37, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0447 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.128 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1093, 49.8093, 16.8452)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC159 #5C59C1

analogous

#C19059 #BEC159 #8AC159

triadic

#BEC159 #59BEC1 #C159BE

tetradic

#BEC159 #59C190 #5C59C1 #C1598A

square

#BEC159 #59C190 #5C59C1 #C1598A

split-complementary

#BEC159 #598AC1 #9059C1

monochromatic

#72742B #9EA13C #BEC159 #CFD286 #E1E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BEC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BEC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC159

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC159	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d38b',
    500: '#bec159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec159;
$custom-light: #d4d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.731,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78743,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC159

secondary

#A6A5D1

accent

#53D556

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC159

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

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