#BEC249#BEC249

#BEC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.142 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC249
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -16.86, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 60.78, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0511 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.142 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7308, 50.0128, 13.7572)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC249 #4D49C2

analogous

#C28949 #BEC249 #82C249

triadic

#BEC249 #49BEC2 #C249BE

tetradic

#BEC249 #49C289 #4D49C2 #C24982

square

#BEC249 #49C289 #4D49C2 #C24982

split-complementary

#BEC249 #4982C2 #8949C2

monochromatic

#6A6C24 #979A34 #BEC249 #CED177 #DFE1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BEC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BEC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC249

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC249	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.142 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d481',
    500: '#bec249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec249;
$custom-light: #d4d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.983,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78795,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC249

secondary

#3B3976

accent

#4ED953

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC249

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

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