#BEC551#BEC551

#BEC551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.139 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC551
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -17.81, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 58.69, 107.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.053 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.139 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6877, 51.4746, 15.4699)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC551 #5851C5

analogous

#C59251 #BEC551 #84C551

triadic

#BEC551 #51BEC5 #C551BE

tetradic

#BEC551 #51C592 #5851C5 #C55184

square

#BEC551 #51C592 #5851C5 #C55184

split-complementary

#BEC551 #5184C5 #9251C5

monochromatic

#707527 #9CA336 #BEC551 #CFD47F #E0E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BEC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BEC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC551

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC551	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.139 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d686',
    500: '#bec551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec551;
$custom-light: #d4d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.621,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79527,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC551

secondary

#403D7E

accent

#4EDA57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC551

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

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