#BEC440#BEC440

#BEC440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.151 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC440
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -18.41, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 65.17, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0564 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.151 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9018, 50.7982, 12.4472)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC440 #4640C4

analogous

#C48840 #BEC440 #7CC440

triadic

#BEC440 #40BEC4 #C440BE

tetradic

#BEC440 #40C488 #4640C4 #C4407C

square

#BEC440 #40C488 #4640C4 #C4407C

split-complementary

#BEC440 #407CC4 #8840C4

monochromatic

#666920 #93982F #BEC440 #CED26F #DEE19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BEC440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BEC440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC440

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC440	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.151 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d57c',
    500: '#bec440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec440;
$custom-light: #d5d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79157,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC440

secondary

#383573

accent

#4CDC52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC440

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

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