#BEC957#BEC957

#BEC957 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.139 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC957
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -19.34, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 57.87, 109.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0567 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.139 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8431, 53.4093, 17.0144)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC957 #6257C9

analogous

#C99B57 #BEC957 #85C957

triadic

#BEC957 #57BEC9 #C957BE

tetradic

#BEC957 #57C99B #6257C9 #C95785

square

#BEC957 #57C99B #6257C9 #C95785

split-complementary

#BEC957 #5785C9 #9B57C9

monochromatic

#757D28 #A0AC37 #BEC957 #D0D885 #E2E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BEC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#BEC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC957

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC957	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.139 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d98a',
    500: '#bec957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec957;
$custom-light: #d4d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.789,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80465,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC957

secondary

#463F85

accent

#4DDB5B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC957

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

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