#BEC259#BEC259

#BEC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.129 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC259
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -15.68, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 53.82, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0461 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.129 111)
XYZ	xyz(42.3312, 50.2529, 16.9191)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC259 #5D59C2

analogous

#C29259 #BEC259 #89C259

triadic

#BEC259 #59BEC2 #C259BE

tetradic

#BEC259 #59C292 #5D59C2 #C25989

square

#BEC259 #59C292 #5D59C2 #C25989

split-complementary

#BEC259 #5989C2 #9259C2

monochromatic

#73752B #9EA23C #BEC259 #D0D286 #E1E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BEC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BEC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC259

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC259	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.129 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d48b',
    500: '#bec259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec259;
$custom-light: #d4d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.286,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7896,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.50252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC259

secondary

#43417F

accent

#52D657

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC259

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

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