#BEC657#BEC657

#BEC657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.135 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC657
RGB	rgb(190, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 56.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -17.85, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 56.51, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0525 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.135 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1505, 52.0243, 16.7836)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC657 #5F57C6

analogous

#C69657 #BEC657 #86C657

triadic

#BEC657 #57BEC6 #C657BE

tetradic

#BEC657 #57C696 #5F57C6 #C65786

square

#BEC657 #57C696 #5F57C6 #C65786

split-complementary

#BEC657 #5786C6 #9657C6

monochromatic

#747929 #9FA739 #BEC657 #D0D685 #E1E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BEC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BEC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC657

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC657	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)

#D3BE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.135 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d78a',
    500: '#bec657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec657;
$custom-light: #d4d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.324,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79809,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC657

secondary

#443F82

accent

#4FD959

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC657

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

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