#BEC242#BEC242

#BEC242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.148 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC242
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -17.30, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 63.59, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0531 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.148 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5116, 49.9251, 12.6030)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC242 #4642C2

analogous

#C28642 #BEC242 #7EC242

triadic

#BEC242 #42BEC2 #C242BE

tetradic

#BEC242 #42C286 #4642C2 #C2427E

square

#BEC242 #42C286 #4642C2 #C2427E

split-complementary

#BEC242 #427EC2 #8642C2

monochromatic

#666822 #939631 #BEC242 #CED170 #DEE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BEC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BEC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC242

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC242	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.148 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d47d',
    500: '#bec242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec242;
$custom-light: #d5d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78735,
    "c": 0.14758,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC242

secondary

#9594CC

accent

#4DDB52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC242

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

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