#BEC457#BEC457

#BEC457 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.133 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC457
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -16.85, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 55.61, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0496 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.133 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6964, 51.1160, 16.6322)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC457 #5D57C4

analogous

#C49457 #BEC457 #87C457

triadic

#BEC457 #57BEC4 #C457BE

tetradic

#BEC457 #57C494 #5D57C4 #C45787

square

#BEC457 #57C494 #5D57C4 #C45787

split-complementary

#BEC457 #5787C4 #9457C4

monochromatic

#73772A #9EA43A #BEC457 #D0D484 #E1E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BEC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC457

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC457	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)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.133 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d58a',
    500: '#bec457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec457;
$custom-light: #d4d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.303,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79373,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC457

secondary

#433F80

accent

#50D858

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC457

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

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