#BEC55F#BEC55F

#BEC55F 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	#BEC55F
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 51.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -16.68, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 52.43, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0483 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.127 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2679, 51.7067, 18.5253)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC55F #665FC5

analogous

#C5995F #BEC55F #8BC55F

triadic

#BEC55F #5FBEC5 #C55FBE

tetradic

#BEC55F #5FC599 #665FC5 #C55F8B

square

#BEC55F #5FC599 #665FC5 #C55F8B

split-complementary

#BEC55F #5F8BC5 #995FC5

monochromatic

#777C2D #A2A93D #BEC55F #D0D58C #E2E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BEC55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BEC55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC55F

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC55F	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)

#D2BD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.127 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d68f',
    500: '#bec55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec55f;
$custom-light: #d4d68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.118,
    "s": 46.789,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79684,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC55F

secondary

#484385

accent

#51D65B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC55F

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

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