#BEC555#BEC555

#BEC555 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.136 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC555
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -17.51, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 56.95, 107.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0517 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.136 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8422, 51.5364, 16.2832)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC555 #5C55C5

analogous

#C59455 #BEC555 #86C555

triadic

#BEC555 #55BEC5 #C555BE

tetradic

#BEC555 #55C594 #5C55C5 #C55586

square

#BEC555 #55C594 #5C55C5 #C55586

split-complementary

#BEC555 #5586C5 #9455C5

monochromatic

#727729 #9EA538 #BEC555 #CFD583 #E1E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BEC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BEC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC555

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC555	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.136 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d689',
    500: '#bec555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec555;
$custom-light: #d4d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79569,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC555

secondary

#423E80

accent

#4FD958

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC555

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

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