#BEC642#BEC642

#BEC642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.152 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC642
RGB	rgb(190, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -19.29, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 65.23, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0587 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.152 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4139, 51.7296, 12.9037)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC642 #4A42C6

analogous

#C68C42 #BEC642 #7CC642

triadic

#BEC642 #42BEC6 #C642BE

tetradic

#BEC642 #42C68C #4A42C6 #C6427C

square

#BEC642 #42C68C #4A42C6 #C6427C

split-complementary

#BEC642 #427CC6 #8C42C6

monochromatic

#686D21 #959C2F #BEC642 #CED471 #DEE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BEC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BEC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC642

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC642	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)

#D4BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.152 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d77e',
    500: '#bec642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec642;
$custom-light: #d5d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79611,
    "c": 0.15186,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC642

secondary

#3A3676

accent

#4BDD54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC642

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

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