#BEC565#BEC565

#BEC565 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.121 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC565
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(64, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 49%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 48.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -16.14, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 49.62, 108.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0462 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.121 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5512, 51.8200, 20.0174)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC565 #6C65C5

analogous

#C59C65 #BEC565 #8EC565

triadic

#BEC565 #65BEC5 #C565BE

tetradic

#BEC565 #65C59C #6C65C5 #C5658E

square

#BEC565 #65C59C #6C65C5 #C5658E

split-complementary

#BEC565 #658EC5 #9C65C5

monochromatic

#7A8030 #A4AC41 #BEC565 #D1D691 #E4E6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BEC565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BEC565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC565

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC565	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.121 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d693',
    500: '#bec565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec565;
$custom-light: #d3d693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.375,
    "s": 45.283,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7976,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC565

secondary

#4B4688

accent

#53D55C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC565

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

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