#BECA2A#BECA2A

#BECA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.170 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECA2A
RGB	rgb(190, 202, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -22.37, 71.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 74.71, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0693 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.17 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7750, 53.3562, 10.2355)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECA2A #362ACA

analogous

#CA862A #BECA2A #6ECA2A

triadic

#BECA2A #2ABECA #CA2ABE

tetradic

#BECA2A #2ACA86 #362ACA #CA2A6E

square

#BECA2A #2ACA86 #362ACA #CA2A6E

split-complementary

#BECA2A #2A6ECA #862ACA

monochromatic

#5F6515 #8E971F #BECA2A #D2DC55 #DFE688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BECA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#BECA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECA2A

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECA2A	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beca2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 202, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.170 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d972',
    500: '#beca2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beca2a;
$custom-light: #d6d972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beca2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80342,
    "c": 0.16976,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECA2A

secondary

#2E296F

accent

#3FE94C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECA2A

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

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