#BEC45D#BEC45D

#BEC45D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.127 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC45D
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 53%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 52.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -16.35, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 52.89, 108.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0476 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.127 112)
XYZ	xyz(42.9518, 51.2182, 17.9773)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC45D #635DC4

analogous

#C4975D #BEC45D #8BC45D

triadic

#BEC45D #5DBEC4 #C45DBE

tetradic

#BEC45D #5DC497 #635DC4 #C45D8B

square

#BEC45D #5DC497 #635DC4 #C45D8B

split-complementary

#BEC45D #5D8BC4 #975DC4

monochromatic

#767A2C #A1A73D #BEC45D #D0D48A #E2E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BEC45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC45D

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC45D	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)

#D1BC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.127 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d58e',
    500: '#bec45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec45d;
$custom-light: #d4d58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.495,
    "s": 46.606,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79442,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.51217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC45D

secondary

#464283

accent

#52D659

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC45D

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

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