#BEC951#BEC951

#BEC951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.144 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC951
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -19.80, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 60.46, 109.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0586 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.144 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6080, 53.3153, 15.7766)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC951 #5C51C9

analogous

#C99851 #BEC951 #82C951

triadic

#BEC951 #51BEC9 #C951BE

tetradic

#BEC951 #51C998 #5C51C9 #C95182

square

#BEC951 #51C998 #5C51C9 #C95182

split-complementary

#BEC951 #5182C9 #9851C9

monochromatic

#727A26 #9EA934 #BEC951 #CFD780 #E1E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BEC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#BEC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC951

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC951	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.144 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d987',
    500: '#bec951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec951;
$custom-light: #d4d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80403,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC951

secondary

#423C82

accent

#4CDC59

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC951

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

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