#BEC531#BEC531

#BEC531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.161 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC531
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -19.64, 67.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 70.76, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0612 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.161 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7572, 51.1024, 10.5692)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC531 #3831C5

analogous

#C58231 #BEC531 #74C531

triadic

#BEC531 #31BEC5 #C531BE

tetradic

#BEC531 #31C582 #3831C5 #C53174

square

#BEC531 #31C582 #3831C5 #C53174

split-complementary

#BEC531 #3174C5 #8231C5

monochromatic

#5F6319 #8F9425 #BEC531 #D1D75D #DFE38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BEC531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC531

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC531	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.161 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d675',
    500: '#bec531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec531;
$custom-light: #d5d675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.838,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79276,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC531

secondary

#302D6E

accent

#44E34C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC531

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

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