#BEC941#BEC941

#BEC941 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	#BEC941
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 65)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -20.83, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 66.85, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0631 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.156 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0772, 53.1029, 12.9807)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC941 #4C41C9

analogous

#C99041 #BEC941 #7AC941

triadic

#BEC941 #41BEC9 #C941BE

tetradic

#BEC941 #41C990 #4C41C9 #C9417A

square

#BEC941 #41C990 #4C41C9 #C9417A

split-complementary

#BEC941 #417AC9 #9041C9

monochromatic

#697020 #969F2D #BEC941 #CED771 #DFE4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BEC941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#BEC941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC941

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC941	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)

#D7BF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.156 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d97d',
    500: '#bec941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec941;
$custom-light: #d5d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.853,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80263,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC941

secondary

#3B3579

accent

#49DF55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC941

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

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