#BEC459#BEC459

#BEC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.131 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC459
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -16.69, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 54.72, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.049 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.131 112)
XYZ	xyz(42.7793, 51.1491, 17.0685)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC459 #5F59C4

analogous

#C49459 #BEC459 #88C459

triadic

#BEC459 #59BEC4 #C459BE

tetradic

#BEC459 #59C494 #5F59C4 #C45988

square

#BEC459 #59C494 #5F59C4 #C45988

split-complementary

#BEC459 #5988C4 #9459C4

monochromatic

#74782B #9FA53B #BEC459 #D0D486 #E1E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BEC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC459

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC459	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.131 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d58b',
    500: '#bec459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec459;
$custom-light: #d4d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.364,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79395,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.51148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC459

secondary

#444081

accent

#51D758

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC459

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

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