#BEC655#BEC655

#BEC655 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.137 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC655
RGB	rgb(190, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 57.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -18.01, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 57.39, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0531 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.137 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0700, 51.9920, 16.3592)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC655 #5D55C6

analogous

#C69555 #BEC655 #85C655

triadic

#BEC655 #55BEC6 #C655BE

tetradic

#BEC655 #55C695 #5D55C6 #C65585

square

#BEC655 #55C695 #5D55C6 #C65585

split-complementary

#BEC655 #5585C6 #9555C6

monochromatic

#737828 #9EA638 #BEC655 #D0D583 #E1E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BEC655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BEC655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC655

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC655	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.137 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d789',
    500: '#bec655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec655;
$custom-light: #d4d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.248,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79787,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC655

secondary

#433E81

accent

#4ED958

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC655

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

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