#BEC455#BEC455

#BEC455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.135 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC455
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -17.01, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 56.50, 107.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0503 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.135 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6158, 51.0838, 16.2078)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC455 #5B55C4

analogous

#C49255 #BEC455 #87C455

triadic

#BEC455 #55BEC4 #C455BE

tetradic

#BEC455 #55C492 #5B55C4 #C45587

square

#BEC455 #55C492 #5B55C4 #C45587

split-complementary

#BEC455 #5587C4 #9255C4

monochromatic

#727629 #9DA339 #BEC455 #CFD482 #E1E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BEC455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC455

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC455	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.135 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d589',
    500: '#bec455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec455;
$custom-light: #d4d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79351,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC455

secondary

#423F7F

accent

#50D857

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC455

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

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