#BEC545#BEC545

#BEC545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.149 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC545
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -18.61, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 63.65, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0565 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.149 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2768, 51.3103, 13.3059)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC545 #4C45C5

analogous

#C58C45 #BEC545 #7EC545

triadic

#BEC545 #45BEC5 #C545BE

tetradic

#BEC545 #45C58C #4C45C5 #C5457E

square

#BEC545 #45C58C #4C45C5 #C5457E

split-complementary

#BEC545 #457EC5 #8C45C5

monochromatic

#696D22 #969C31 #BEC545 #CED474 #DFE2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BEC545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BEC545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC545

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC545	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.149 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d67f',
    500: '#bec545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec545;
$custom-light: #d5d67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.281,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79416,
    "c": 0.14863,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC545

secondary

#3B3777

accent

#4CDC54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC545

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

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