#BECA40#BECA40

#BECA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.158 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECA40
RGB	rgb(190, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -21.38, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 67.64, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0647 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.158 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2823, 53.5592, 12.9074)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECA40 #4C40CA

analogous

#CA9140 #BECA40 #79CA40

triadic

#BECA40 #40BECA #CA40BE

tetradic

#BECA40 #40CA91 #4C40CA #CA4079

square

#BECA40 #40CA91 #4C40CA #CA4079

split-complementary

#BECA40 #4079CA #9140CA

monochromatic

#69701F #96A02C #BECA40 #CED770 #DFE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BECA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BECA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECA40

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECA40	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.158 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da7d',
    500: '#beca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beca40;
$custom-light: #d5da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80476,
    "c": 0.15756,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECA40

secondary

#3B357A

accent

#48E055

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECA40

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

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