#BEC45B#BEC45B

#BEC45B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.129 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC45B
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 53.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -16.52, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 53.81, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0483 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.129 112)
XYZ	xyz(42.8644, 51.1832, 17.5168)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC45B #615BC4

analogous

#C4965B #BEC45B #8AC45B

triadic

#BEC45B #5BBEC4 #C45BBE

tetradic

#BEC45B #5BC496 #615BC4 #C45B8A

square

#BEC45B #5BC496 #615BC4 #C45B8A

split-complementary

#BEC45B #5B8AC4 #965BC4

monochromatic

#75792C #A0A63C #BEC45B #D0D488 #E2E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BEC45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC45B

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC45B	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.129 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d58d',
    500: '#bec45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec45b;
$custom-light: #d4d58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79418,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.51182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC45B

secondary

#454182

accent

#51D759

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC45B

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

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