#BEC255#BEC255

#BEC255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.132 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC255
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -16.00, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 55.62, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0474 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.132 111)
XYZ	xyz(42.1677, 50.1875, 16.0584)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC255 #5955C2

analogous

#C29055 #BEC255 #88C255

triadic

#BEC255 #55BEC2 #C255BE

tetradic

#BEC255 #55C290 #5955C2 #C25588

square

#BEC255 #55C290 #5955C2 #C25588

split-complementary

#BEC255 #5588C2 #9055C2

monochromatic

#717329 #9DA03A #BEC255 #CFD282 #E0E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BEC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BEC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC255

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC255	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.132 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d489',
    500: '#bec255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec255;
$custom-light: #d4d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.202,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78915,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.50187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC255

secondary

#413F7D

accent

#51D756

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC255

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

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