#BEC451#BEC451

#BEC451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.138 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC451
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -17.31, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 58.25, 107.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0516 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.138 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4614, 51.0220, 15.3944)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC451 #5751C4

analogous

#C49051 #BEC451 #85C451

triadic

#BEC451 #51BEC4 #C451BE

tetradic

#BEC451 #51C490 #5751C4 #C45185

square

#BEC451 #51C490 #5751C4 #C45185

split-complementary

#BEC451 #5185C4 #9051C4

monochromatic

#6F7327 #9CA137 #BEC451 #CFD37F #E0E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BEC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC451

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC451	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.138 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d586',
    500: '#bec451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec451;
$custom-light: #d4d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.13,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79309,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC451

secondary

#403D7D

accent

#4FD956

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC451

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

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