#BEC942#BEC942

#BEC942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.155 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC942
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -20.77, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 66.48, 108.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0628 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.155 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1064, 53.1146, 13.1346)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC942 #4D42C9

analogous

#C99142 #BEC942 #7AC942

triadic

#BEC942 #42BEC9 #C942BE

tetradic

#BEC942 #42C991 #4D42C9 #C9427A

square

#BEC942 #42C991 #4D42C9 #C9427A

split-complementary

#BEC942 #427AC9 #9142C9

monochromatic

#6A7020 #97A02E #BEC942 #CED772 #DFE4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BEC942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#BEC942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC942

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC942	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)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.155 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d97e',
    500: '#bec942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec942;
$custom-light: #d5d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80271,
    "c": 0.15511,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC942

secondary

#3B367A

accent

#49DF55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC942

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

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