#BEC238#BEC238

#BEC238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.154 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC238
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -17.83, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 67.29, 105.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0556 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.154 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2422, 49.8173, 11.1838)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC238 #3C38C2

analogous

#C28138 #BEC238 #79C238

triadic

#BEC238 #38BEC2 #C238BE

tetradic

#BEC238 #38C281 #3C38C2 #C23879

square

#BEC238 #38C281 #3C38C2 #C23879

split-complementary

#BEC238 #3879C2 #8138C2

monochromatic

#61631D #8F932A #BEC238 #CFD265 #DEE094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BEC238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BEC238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC238

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC238	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)

#D1B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.154 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d478',
    500: '#bec238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec238;
$custom-light: #d5d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78661,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC238

secondary

#8C8ACB

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC238

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →