#BEC549#BEC549

#BEC549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.146 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC549
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -18.36, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 62.05, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0554 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.146 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4052, 51.3616, 13.9820)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC549 #5049C5

analogous

#C58E49 #BEC549 #80C549

triadic

#BEC549 #49BEC5 #C549BE

tetradic

#BEC549 #49C58E #5049C5 #C54980

square

#BEC549 #49C58E #5049C5 #C54980

split-complementary

#BEC549 #4980C5 #8E49C5

monochromatic

#6C7024 #989E32 #BEC549 #CFD477 #DFE3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BEC549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BEC549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC549

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC549	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.146 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d682',
    500: '#bec549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec549;
$custom-light: #d4d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.387,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79451,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC549

secondary

#3D3979

accent

#4DDB55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC549

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

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