#BEC57D#BEC57D

#BEC57D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.094 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC57D
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 125)
HSL	hsl(66, 38%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 37%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 36.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -13.58, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 37.85, 111.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.037 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.094 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9034, 52.3609, 27.1392)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC57D #847DC5

analogous

#C5A87D #BEC57D #9AC57D

triadic

#BEC57D #7DBEC5 #C57DBE

tetradic

#BEC57D #7DC5A8 #847DC5 #C57D9A

square

#BEC57D #7DC5A8 #847DC5 #C57D9A

split-complementary

#BEC57D #7D9AC5 #A87DC5

monochromatic

#838A3E #A9B253 #BEC57D #D3D8A7 #E8EBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BEC57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BEC57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC57D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC57D	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBF78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.094 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d6a3',
    500: '#bec57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec57d;
$custom-light: #d2d6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.833,
    "s": 38.298,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80123,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC57D

secondary

#5A5492

accent

#34B140

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC57D

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

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