#BEC53B#BEC53B

#BEC53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.155 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC53B
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -19.18, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 67.41, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.059 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.155 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9922, 51.1964, 11.8067)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC53B #423BC5

analogous

#C5873B #BEC53B #79C53B

triadic

#BEC53B #3BBEC5 #C53BBE

tetradic

#BEC53B #3BC587 #423BC5 #C53B79

square

#BEC53B #3BC587 #423BC5 #C53B79

split-complementary

#BEC53B #3B79C5 #873BC5

monochromatic

#63671F #91962C #BEC53B #CED36A #DDE199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BEC53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC53B

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC53B	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)

#D4BC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.155 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d67a',
    500: '#bec53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec53b;
$custom-light: #d5d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79339,
    "c": 0.15544,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC53B

secondary

#363371

accent

#4ADE52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC53B

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

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