#BEC556#BEC556

#BEC556 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.135 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC556
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -17.43, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 56.51, 107.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0514 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.135 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8822, 51.5524, 16.4939)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC556 #5D56C5

analogous

#C59456 #BEC556 #86C556

triadic

#BEC556 #56BEC5 #C556BE

tetradic

#BEC556 #56C594 #5D56C5 #C55686

square

#BEC556 #56C594 #5D56C5 #C55686

split-complementary

#BEC556 #5686C5 #9456C5

monochromatic

#737829 #9EA539 #BEC556 #D0D584 #E1E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BEC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BEC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC556

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC556	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)

#D2BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.135 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d689',
    500: '#bec556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec556;
$custom-light: #d4d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.784,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7958,
    "c": 0.13484,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC556

secondary

#433F80

accent

#4FD858

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC556

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

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