#BEC55E#BEC55E

#BEC55E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.127 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC55E
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 52.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -16.77, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 52.89, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0487 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.127 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2227, 51.6886, 18.2875)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC55E #655EC5

analogous

#C5995E #BEC55E #8AC55E

triadic

#BEC55E #5EBEC5 #C55EBE

tetradic

#BEC55E #5EC599 #655EC5 #C55E8A

square

#BEC55E #5EC599 #655EC5 #C55E8A

split-complementary

#BEC55E #5E8AC5 #995EC5

monochromatic

#777C2D #A2A93D #BEC55E #D0D58B #E2E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BEC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BEC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC55E

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC55E	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.127 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d68e',
    500: '#bec55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec55e;
$custom-light: #d4d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.078,
    "s": 47.032,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79672,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC55E

secondary

#474384

accent

#51D75A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC55E

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

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