#BEC251#BEC251

#BEC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.136 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC251
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -16.30, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 57.38, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.0487 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.136 111)
XYZ	xyz(42.0133, 50.1258, 15.2451)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC251 #5551C2

analogous

#C28E51 #BEC251 #86C251

triadic

#BEC251 #51BEC2 #C251BE

tetradic

#BEC251 #51C28E #5551C2 #C25186

square

#BEC251 #51C28E #5551C2 #C25186

split-complementary

#BEC251 #5186C2 #8E51C2

monochromatic

#6E7128 #9B9E37 #BEC251 #CFD27E #E0E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BEC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BEC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC251

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC251	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.136 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d486',
    500: '#bec251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec251;
$custom-light: #d4d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.124,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78873,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.50125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC251

secondary

#3F3D7A

accent

#50D855

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC251

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

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