#BEC45A#BEC45A

#BEC45A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.130 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC45A
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -16.61, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 54.26, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0486 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.13 112)
XYZ	xyz(42.8215, 51.1660, 17.2911)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC45A #605AC4

analogous

#C4955A #BEC45A #89C45A

triadic

#BEC45A #5ABEC4 #C45ABE

tetradic

#BEC45A #5AC495 #605AC4 #C45A89

square

#BEC45A #5AC495 #605AC4 #C45A89

split-complementary

#BEC45A #5A89C4 #955AC4

monochromatic

#74792B #A0A63B #BEC45A #D0D487 #E2E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BEC45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC45A

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC45A	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)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.130 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d58c',
    500: '#bec45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec45a;
$custom-light: #d4d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.396,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79407,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.51165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC45A

secondary

#454181

accent

#51D758

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC45A

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

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