#BEC659#BEC659

#BEC659 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.133 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC659
RGB	rgb(190, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 55.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -17.69, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 55.62, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0518 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.133 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2334, 52.0574, 17.2199)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC659 #6159C6

analogous

#C69859 #BEC659 #88C659

triadic

#BEC659 #59BEC6 #C659BE

tetradic

#BEC659 #59C698 #6159C6 #C65988

square

#BEC659 #59C698 #6159C6 #C65988

split-complementary

#BEC659 #5988C6 #9859C6

monochromatic

#757B2A #A0A83A #BEC659 #D0D687 #E2E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BEC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BEC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC659

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC659	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.133 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d78b',
    500: '#bec659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec659;
$custom-light: #d4d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.404,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79831,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC659

secondary

#454083

accent

#4FD859

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC659

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

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