#BEC738#BEC738

#BEC738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.159 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC738
RGB	rgb(190, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -20.32, 66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 69.25, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0625 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.159 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3737, 52.0804, 11.5610)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC738 #4138C7

analogous

#C78838 #BEC738 #77C738

triadic

#BEC738 #38BEC7 #C738BE

tetradic

#BEC738 #38C788 #4138C7 #C73877

square

#BEC738 #38C788 #4138C7 #C73877

split-complementary

#BEC738 #3877C7 #8838C7

monochromatic

#63671D #90972B #BEC738 #CED468 #DDE298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BEC738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BEC738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC738

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC738	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.159 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d778',
    500: '#bec738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec738;
$custom-light: #d5d778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.776,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79759,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC738

secondary

#363272

accent

#48DF52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC738

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

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