#BEC55D#BEC55D

#BEC55D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.128 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC55D
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 53%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 52.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -16.86, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 53.35, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.049 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.128 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1781, 51.6708, 18.0527)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC55D #645DC5

analogous

#C5985D #BEC55D #8AC55D

triadic

#BEC55D #5DBEC5 #C55DBE

tetradic

#BEC55D #5DC598 #645DC5 #C55D8A

square

#BEC55D #5DC598 #645DC5 #C55D8A

split-complementary

#BEC55D #5D8AC5 #985DC5

monochromatic

#767B2C #A1A83C #BEC55D #D0D58A #E2E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BEC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BEC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC55D

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC55D	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)

#D2BD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.128 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d68e',
    500: '#bec55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec55d;
$custom-light: #d4d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.038,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7966,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC55D

secondary

#474284

accent

#51D75A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC55D

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

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