#BEC221#BEC221

#BEC221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.165 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC221
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -18.71, 71.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 74.06, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0598 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.165 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8030, 49.6417, 8.8710)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC221 #2521C2

analogous

#C27621 #BEC221 #6DC221

triadic

#BEC221 #21BEC2 #C221BE

tetradic

#BEC221 #21C276 #2521C2 #C2216D

square

#BEC221 #21C276 #2521C2 #C2216D

split-complementary

#BEC221 #216DC2 #7621C2

monochromatic

#58590F #8B8E18 #BEC221 #DBDF41 #E5E876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BEC221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BEC221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC221

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC221	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2B900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.165 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d46e',
    500: '#bec221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec221;
$custom-light: #d6d46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.491,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7854,
    "c": 0.16543,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC221

secondary

#7270CF

accent

#3AEE3F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC221

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

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