#BEC540#BEC540

#BEC540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.152 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC540
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -18.91, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 65.58, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0578 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.152 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1281, 51.2508, 12.5227)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC540 #4740C5

analogous

#C58940 #BEC540 #7BC540

triadic

#BEC540 #40BEC5 #C540BE

tetradic

#BEC540 #40C589 #4740C5 #C5407B

square

#BEC540 #40C589 #4740C5 #C5407B

split-complementary

#BEC540 #407BC5 #8940C5

monochromatic

#666A20 #94992F #BEC540 #CED36F #DEE29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BEC540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC540

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC540	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.152 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d67c',
    500: '#bec540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec540;
$custom-light: #d5d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79376,
    "c": 0.15216,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC540

secondary

#383574

accent

#4BDD53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC540

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

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