#BEC740#BEC740

#BEC740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.154 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC740
RGB	rgb(190, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -19.90, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 66.40, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0606 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.154 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5853, 52.1651, 12.6750)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC740 #4940C7

analogous

#C78D40 #BEC740 #7BC740

triadic

#BEC740 #40BEC7 #C740BE

tetradic

#BEC740 #40C78D #4940C7 #C7407B

square

#BEC740 #40C78D #4940C7 #C7407B

split-complementary

#BEC740 #407BC7 #8D40C7

monochromatic

#686D20 #959C2E #BEC740 #CED56F #DEE39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BEC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BEC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC740

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC740	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.154 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d77d',
    500: '#bec740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec740;
$custom-light: #d5d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79815,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC740

secondary

#393576

accent

#4ADE54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC740

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

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