#BEC538#BEC538

#BEC538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.157 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC538
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -19.33, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 68.46, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0597 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.157 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9166, 51.1662, 11.4086)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC538 #3F38C5

analogous

#C58638 #BEC538 #77C538

triadic

#BEC538 #38BEC5 #C538BE

tetradic

#BEC538 #38C586 #3F38C5 #C53877

square

#BEC538 #38C586 #3F38C5 #C53877

split-complementary

#BEC538 #3877C5 #8638C5

monochromatic

#62661D #90952A #BEC538 #CED467 #DDE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BEC538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC538

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC538	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)

#D4BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.157 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d678',
    500: '#bec538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec538;
$custom-light: #d5d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.979,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79319,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC538

secondary

#343170

accent

#49DF50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC538

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

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