#BEC73B#BEC73B

#BEC73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.158 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC73B
RGB	rgb(190, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -20.17, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 68.21, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0618 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.158 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4493, 52.1107, 11.9590)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC73B #443BC7

analogous

#C78A3B #BEC73B #78C73B

triadic

#BEC73B #3BBEC7 #C73BBE

tetradic

#BEC73B #3BC78A #443BC7 #C73B78

square

#BEC73B #3BC78A #443BC7 #C73B78

split-complementary

#BEC73B #3B78C7 #8A3BC7

monochromatic

#65691E #92992C #BEC73B #CED56B #DEE29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BEC73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BEC73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC73B

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC73B	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)

#D6BE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.158 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d77a',
    500: '#bec73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec73b;
$custom-light: #d5d77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79779,
    "c": 0.15756,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC73B

secondary

#373373

accent

#49DF53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC73B

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

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