#BEC955#BEC955

#BEC955 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.140 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC955
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -19.50, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 58.75, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0573 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.14 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7625, 53.3770, 16.5900)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC955 #6055C9

analogous

#C99A55 #BEC955 #84C955

triadic

#BEC955 #55BEC9 #C955BE

tetradic

#BEC955 #55C99A #6055C9 #C95584

square

#BEC955 #55C99A #6055C9 #C95584

split-complementary

#BEC955 #5584C9 #9A55C9

monochromatic

#747C27 #A0AB36 #BEC955 #D0D883 #E2E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BEC955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#BEC955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC955

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC955	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.140 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d989',
    500: '#bec955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec955;
$custom-light: #d4d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.69,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80444,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC955

secondary

#453E84

accent

#4DDB5A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC955

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

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