#BEC542#BEC542

#BEC542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.151 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC542
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -18.79, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 64.82, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0573 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.151 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1861, 51.2740, 12.8278)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC542 #4942C5

analogous

#C58B42 #BEC542 #7DC542

triadic

#BEC542 #42BEC5 #C542BE

tetradic

#BEC542 #42C58B #4942C5 #C5427D

square

#BEC542 #42C58B #4942C5 #C5427D

split-complementary

#BEC542 #427DC5 #8B42C5

monochromatic

#686C21 #959A2F #BEC542 #CED371 #DEE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BEC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BEC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC542

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC542	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)

#D4BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.151 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d67e',
    500: '#bec542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec542;
$custom-light: #d5d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79392,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC542

secondary

#393675

accent

#4BDC53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC542

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

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