#BEC959#BEC959

#BEC959 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.137 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC959
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -19.18, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 56.99, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.056 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.137 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9259, 53.4424, 17.4507)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC959 #6459C9

analogous

#C99C59 #BEC959 #86C959

triadic

#BEC959 #59BEC9 #C959BE

tetradic

#BEC959 #59C99C #6459C9 #C95986

square

#BEC959 #59C99C #6459C9 #C95986

split-complementary

#BEC959 #5986C9 #9C59C9

monochromatic

#767E29 #A1AD38 #BEC959 #D0D887 #E2E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BEC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BEC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC959

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC959	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.137 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d98c',
    500: '#bec959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec959;
$custom-light: #d4d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.893,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80487,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC959

secondary

#474086

accent

#4DDA5B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC959

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

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