#BEC940#BEC940

#BEC940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.156 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC940
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -20.89, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 67.22, 108.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0633 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.156 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0485, 53.0914, 12.8294)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC940 #4B40C9

analogous

#C99040 #BEC940 #79C940

triadic

#BEC940 #40BEC9 #C940BE

tetradic

#BEC940 #40C990 #4B40C9 #C94079

square

#BEC940 #40C990 #4B40C9 #C94079

split-complementary

#BEC940 #4079C9 #9040C9

monochromatic

#696F1F #969F2D #BEC940 #CED670 #DEE49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BEC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#BEC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC940

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC940	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.156 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d97d',
    500: '#bec940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec940;
$custom-light: #d5d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.818,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80255,
    "c": 0.15647,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC940

secondary

#3A3578

accent

#49DF55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC940

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →