#BEC949#BEC949

#BEC949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.150 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC949
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -20.34, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 63.76, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0609 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.15 114)
XYZ	xyz(43.3255, 53.2023, 14.2888)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC949 #5449C9

analogous

#C99449 #BEC949 #7EC949

triadic

#BEC949 #49BEC9 #C949BE

tetradic

#BEC949 #49C994 #5449C9 #C9497E

square

#BEC949 #49C994 #5449C9 #C9497E

split-complementary

#BEC949 #497EC9 #9449C9

monochromatic

#6E7523 #9AA431 #BEC949 #CFD778 #E0E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BEC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BEC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC949

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC949	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.150 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d982',
    500: '#bec949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec949;
$custom-light: #d4d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.156,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80329,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.53201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC949

secondary

#3E397E

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC949

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

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