#BEC52B#BEC52B

#BEC52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.164 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC52B
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 78.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -19.88, 69.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 72.55, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0624 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.164 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6389, 51.0551, 9.9462)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC52B #322BC5

analogous

#C57F2B #BEC52B #71C52B

triadic

#BEC52B #2BBEC5 #C52BBE

tetradic

#BEC52B #2BC57F #322BC5 #C52B71

square

#BEC52B #2BC57F #322BC5 #C52B71

split-complementary

#BEC52B #2B71C5 #7F2BC5

monochromatic

#5D6115 #8E9320 #BEC52B #D4DA54 #E0E586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BEC52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC52B

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC52B	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.164 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d672',
    500: '#bec52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec52b;
$custom-light: #d6d672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 64.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.16422,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC52B

secondary

#2C296B

accent

#41E748

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC52B

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

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