#BEC539#BEC539

#BEC539 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 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC539
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 57)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -19.28, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 68.12, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0595 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.157 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9413, 51.1760, 11.5387)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC539 #4039C5

analogous

#C58639 #BEC539 #78C539

triadic

#BEC539 #39BEC5 #C539BE

tetradic

#BEC539 #39C586 #4039C5 #C53978

square

#BEC539 #39C586 #4039C5 #C53978

split-complementary

#BEC539 #3978C5 #8639C5

monochromatic

#62661E #90962B #BEC539 #CED368 #DDE197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BEC539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC539

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC539	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)

#D4BC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.157 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d679',
    500: '#bec539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec539;
$custom-light: #d5d679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79326,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC539

secondary

#353270

accent

#49DE51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC539

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

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