#BEC449#BEC449

#BEC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.145 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC449
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -17.86, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 61.62, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.054 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.145 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1789, 50.9090, 13.9066)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC449 #4F49C4

analogous

#C48D49 #BEC449 #80C449

triadic

#BEC449 #49BEC4 #C449BE

tetradic

#BEC449 #49C48D #4F49C4 #C44980

square

#BEC449 #49C48D #4F49C4 #C44980

split-complementary

#BEC449 #4980C4 #8D49C4

monochromatic

#6B6F24 #989D33 #BEC449 #CFD377 #DFE2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BEC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BEC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC449

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC449	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.145 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d581',
    500: '#bec449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec449;
$custom-light: #d4d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79232,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC449

secondary

#3C3978

accent

#4DDB54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC449

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

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