#BEC442#BEC442

#BEC442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.150 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC442
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -18.30, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 64.40, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0559 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.15 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9597, 50.8213, 12.7524)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC442 #4842C4

analogous

#C48942 #BEC442 #7DC442

triadic

#BEC442 #42BEC4 #C442BE

tetradic

#BEC442 #42C489 #4842C4 #C4427D

square

#BEC442 #42C489 #4842C4 #C4427D

split-complementary

#BEC442 #427DC4 #8942C4

monochromatic

#676A21 #949930 #BEC442 #CED371 #DEE19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BEC442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BEC442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC442

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC442	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)

#D3BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.150 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d57d',
    500: '#bec442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec442;
$custom-light: #d5d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79173,
    "c": 0.14971,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC442

secondary

#393674

accent

#4CDC53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC442

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

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