#BEC837#BEC837

#BEC837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.161 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC837
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -20.86, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 69.99, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0641 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.161 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5804, 52.5324, 11.5104)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC837 #4137C8

analogous

#C88A37 #BEC837 #75C837

triadic

#BEC837 #37BEC8 #C837BE

tetradic

#BEC837 #37C88A #4137C8 #C83775

square

#BEC837 #37C88A #4137C8 #C83775

split-complementary

#BEC837 #3775C8 #8A37C8

monochromatic

#63681D #90982A #BEC837 #CED567 #DDE297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BEC837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BEC837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC837

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC837	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.161 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d878',
    500: '#bec837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec837;
$custom-light: #d5d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79973,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC837

secondary

#363172

accent

#48E052

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC837

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

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