#BEC257#BEC257

#BEC257 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.131 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC257
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -15.84, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 54.73, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0468 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.131 111)
XYZ	xyz(42.2483, 50.2198, 16.4828)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC257 #5B57C2

analogous

#C29057 #BEC257 #88C257

triadic

#BEC257 #57BEC2 #C257BE

tetradic

#BEC257 #57C290 #5B57C2 #C25788

square

#BEC257 #57C290 #5B57C2 #C25788

split-complementary

#BEC257 #5788C2 #9057C2

monochromatic

#72742A #9DA13B #BEC257 #CFD284 #E1E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BEC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BEC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC257

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC257	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)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.131 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d48a',
    500: '#bec257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec257;
$custom-light: #d4d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.243,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78937,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.50219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC257

secondary

#42407E

accent

#51D656

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC257

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

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