#BEC651#BEC651

#BEC651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.140 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC651
RGB	rgb(190, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 59.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -18.31, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 59.13, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0544 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.14 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9155, 51.9302, 15.5458)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC651 #5951C6

analogous

#C69451 #BEC651 #83C651

triadic

#BEC651 #51BEC6 #C651BE

tetradic

#BEC651 #51C694 #5951C6 #C65183

square

#BEC651 #51C694 #5951C6 #C65183

split-complementary

#BEC651 #5183C6 #9451C6

monochromatic

#717627 #9DA436 #BEC651 #CFD57F #E0E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BEC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BEC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC651

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC651	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.140 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d786',
    500: '#bec651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec651;
$custom-light: #d4d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.103,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79746,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC651

secondary

#413C7F

accent

#4EDA57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC651

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

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