#BEC938#BEC938

#BEC938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.161 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC938
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -21.30, 66.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 70.05, 107.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0652 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.161 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8369, 53.0068, 11.7154)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC938 #4338C9

analogous

#C98C38 #BEC938 #75C938

triadic

#BEC938 #38BEC9 #C938BE

tetradic

#BEC938 #38C98C #4338C9 #C93875

square

#BEC938 #38C98C #4338C9 #C93875

split-complementary

#BEC938 #3875C9 #8C38C9

monochromatic

#646A1D #919A2A #BEC938 #CED668 #DDE398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BEC938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BEC938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC938

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC938	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)

#D8BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.161 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d979',
    500: '#bec938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec938;
$custom-light: #d5d979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.552,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.802,
    "c": 0.16149,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC938

secondary

#363174

accent

#47E153

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC938

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

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