#BEC23B#BEC23B

#BEC23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.152 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC23B
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 69.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -17.68, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 66.22, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0549 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.152 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3177, 49.8476, 11.5819)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC23B #3F3BC2

analogous

#C2833B #BEC23B #7AC23B

triadic

#BEC23B #3BBEC2 #C23BBE

tetradic

#BEC23B #3BC283 #3F3BC2 #C23B7A

square

#BEC23B #3BC283 #3F3BC2 #C23B7A

split-complementary

#BEC23B #3B7AC2 #833BC2

monochromatic

#62641E #90932D #BEC23B #CED169 #DDE098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BEC23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BEC23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC23B

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC23B	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.152 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d479',
    500: '#bec23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec23b;
$custom-light: #d5d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.778,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78682,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC23B

secondary

#8F8ECB

accent

#4BDD4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC23B

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

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