#BEC438#BEC438

#BEC438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.156 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC438
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -18.83, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 68.07, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0584 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.156 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6903, 50.7135, 11.3332)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC438 #3E38C4

analogous

#C48438 #BEC438 #78C438

triadic

#BEC438 #38BEC4 #C438BE

tetradic

#BEC438 #38C484 #3E38C4 #C43878

square

#BEC438 #38C484 #3E38C4 #C43878

split-complementary

#BEC438 #3878C4 #8438C4

monochromatic

#62651D #90942A #BEC438 #CFD366 #DEE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BEC438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BEC438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC438

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC438	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.156 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d578',
    500: '#bec438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec438;
$custom-light: #d5d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79099,
    "c": 0.15625,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC438

secondary

#34316F

accent

#49DF4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC438

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

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