#BEC649#BEC649

#BEC649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.147 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC649
RGB	rgb(190, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -18.86, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 62.47, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0568 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.147 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6330, 51.8172, 14.0579)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC649 #5149C6

analogous

#C68F49 #BEC649 #7FC649

triadic

#BEC649 #49BEC6 #C649BE

tetradic

#BEC649 #49C68F #5149C6 #C6497F

square

#BEC649 #49C68F #5149C6 #C6497F

split-complementary

#BEC649 #497FC6 #8F49C6

monochromatic

#6C7123 #99A032 #BEC649 #CFD578 #DFE3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BEC649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BEC649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC649

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC649	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)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.147 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d782',
    500: '#bec649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec649;
$custom-light: #d4d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.84,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7967,
    "c": 0.14674,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC649

secondary

#3D397A

accent

#4CDC55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC649

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

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