#BEC231#BEC231

#BEC231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.158 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC231
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -18.15, 67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 69.63, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0571 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.158 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0828, 49.7536, 10.3444)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC231 #3531C2

analogous

#C27D31 #BEC231 #76C231

triadic

#BEC231 #31BEC2 #C231BE

tetradic

#BEC231 #31C27D #3531C2 #C23176

square

#BEC231 #31C27D #3531C2 #C23176

split-complementary

#BEC231 #3176C2 #7D31C2

monochromatic

#5E6018 #8E9125 #BEC231 #D2D65B #DFE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BEC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BEC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC231

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC231	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)

#D1B90E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.158 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d475',
    500: '#bec231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec231;
$custom-light: #d5d475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.655,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78617,
    "c": 0.15819,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC231

secondary

#8583CC

accent

#45E349

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC231

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

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