#BEC856#BEC856

#BEC856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.138 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC856
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -18.93, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 57.86, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0556 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.138 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5701, 52.9283, 16.7233)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC856 #6056C8

analogous

#C89956 #BEC856 #85C856

triadic

#BEC856 #56BEC8 #C856BE

tetradic

#BEC856 #56C899 #6056C8 #C85685

square

#BEC856 #56C899 #6056C8 #C85685

split-complementary

#BEC856 #5685C8 #9956C8

monochromatic

#747B28 #A0AA37 #BEC856 #D0D784 #E2E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BEC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BEC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC856

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC856	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.138 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d88a',
    500: '#bec856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec856;
$custom-light: #d4d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.263,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80236,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC856

secondary

#453F84

accent

#4DDA5A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC856

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

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