#BEC857#BEC857

#BEC857 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.137 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC857
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -18.85, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 57.42, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0553 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.137 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6107, 52.9446, 16.9369)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC857 #6157C8

analogous

#C89A57 #BEC857 #86C857

triadic

#BEC857 #57BEC8 #C857BE

tetradic

#BEC857 #57C89A #6157C8 #C85786

square

#BEC857 #57C89A #6157C8 #C85786

split-complementary

#BEC857 #5786C8 #9A57C8

monochromatic

#757C29 #A0AA38 #BEC857 #D0D785 #E2E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BEC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BEC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC857

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC857	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)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.137 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d88a',
    500: '#bec857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec857;
$custom-light: #d4d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.31,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80246,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC857

secondary

#453F84

accent

#4EDA5A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC857

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

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