#BEC42B#BEC42B

#BEC42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.163 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC42B
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -19.38, 69.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 72.18, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.061 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.163 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4126, 50.6025, 9.8708)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC42B #312BC4

analogous

#C47E2B #BEC42B #72C42B

triadic

#BEC42B #2BBEC4 #C42BBE

tetradic

#BEC42B #2BC47E #312BC4 #C42B72

square

#BEC42B #2BC47E #312BC4 #C42B72

split-complementary

#BEC42B #2B72C4 #7E2BC4

monochromatic

#5D6015 #8D9220 #BEC42B #D4D953 #E1E485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BEC42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BEC42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC42B

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC42B	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.163 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d572',
    500: '#bec42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec42b;
$custom-light: #d6d572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79024,
    "c": 0.16321,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC42B

secondary

#2B296B

accent

#41E747

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC42B

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

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