#BEC937#BEC937

#BEC937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.162 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC937
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -21.35, 67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 70.39, 107.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0655 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.162 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8127, 52.9971, 11.5879)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC937 #4237C9

analogous

#C98B37 #BEC937 #75C937

triadic

#BEC937 #37BEC9 #C937BE

tetradic

#BEC937 #37C98B #4237C9 #C93775

square

#BEC937 #37C98B #4237C9 #C93775

split-complementary

#BEC937 #3775C9 #8B37C9

monochromatic

#63691C #919929 #BEC937 #CED667 #DDE397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BEC937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BEC937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC937

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC937	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.162 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d978',
    500: '#bec937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec937;
$custom-light: #d5d978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.521,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80193,
    "c": 0.16208,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC937

secondary

#363173

accent

#47E153

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC937

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

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