#BEC55A#BEC55A

#BEC55A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.131 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC55A
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 54.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -17.11, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 54.72, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.05 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.131 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0479, 51.6187, 17.3666)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC55A #615AC5

analogous

#C5975A #BEC55A #89C55A

triadic

#BEC55A #5ABEC5 #C55ABE

tetradic

#BEC55A #5AC597 #615AC5 #C55A89

square

#BEC55A #5AC597 #615AC5 #C55A89

split-complementary

#BEC55A #5A89C5 #975AC5

monochromatic

#757A2B #A0A73B #BEC55A #D0D587 #E2E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BEC55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BEC55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC55A

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC55A	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.131 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d68c',
    500: '#bec55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec55a;
$custom-light: #d4d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.925,
    "s": 47.982,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79624,
    "c": 0.13122,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC55A

secondary

#454182

accent

#50D859

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC55A

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

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