#BEC561#BEC561

#BEC561 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.125 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC561
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -16.51, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 51.50, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0476 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.125 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3599, 51.7435, 19.0103)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC561 #6861C5

analogous

#C59A61 #BEC561 #8CC561

triadic

#BEC561 #61BEC5 #C561BE

tetradic

#BEC561 #61C59A #6861C5 #C5618C

square

#BEC561 #61C59A #6861C5 #C5618C

split-complementary

#BEC561 #618CC5 #9A61C5

monochromatic

#787E2E #A3AA3F #BEC561 #D0D58E #E3E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BEC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BEC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC561

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC561	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.125 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d690',
    500: '#bec561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec561;
$custom-light: #d3d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.2,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79709,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC561

secondary

#494486

accent

#52D65B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC561

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

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