#BEC661#BEC661

#BEC661 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.126 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC661
RGB	rgb(190, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 51%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -17.01, 49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 51.97, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0491 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.126 113)
XYZ	xyz(43.5878, 52.1991, 19.0862)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC661 #6961C6

analogous

#C69B61 #BEC661 #8CC661

triadic

#BEC661 #61BEC6 #C661BE

tetradic

#BEC661 #61C69B #6961C6 #C6618C

square

#BEC661 #61C69B #6961C6 #C6618C

split-complementary

#BEC661 #618CC6 #9B61C6

monochromatic

#787F2E #A3AC3E #BEC661 #D1D68E #E3E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BEC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BEC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC661

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC661	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.126 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d790',
    500: '#bec661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec661;
$custom-light: #d3d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.752,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79926,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.52198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC661

secondary

#494487

accent

#51D75C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC661

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

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