#BEC55B#BEC55B

#BEC55B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.130 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC55B
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 53.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -17.03, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 54.26, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0497 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.13 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0907, 51.6358, 17.5923)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC55B #625BC5

analogous

#C5975B #BEC55B #89C55B

triadic

#BEC55B #5BBEC5 #C55BBE

tetradic

#BEC55B #5BC597 #625BC5 #C55B89

square

#BEC55B #5BC597 #625BC5 #C55B89

split-complementary

#BEC55B #5B89C5 #975BC5

monochromatic

#757A2B #A0A83B #BEC55B #D0D588 #E2E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BEC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BEC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC55B

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC55B	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.130 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d68d',
    500: '#bec55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec55b;
$custom-light: #d4d68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.962,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79636,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC55B

secondary

#464183

accent

#50D759

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC55B

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

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