#BECA42#BECA42

#BECA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.156 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECA42
RGB	rgb(190, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -21.26, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 66.90, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0642 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.156 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3403, 53.5824, 13.2125)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECA42 #4E42CA

analogous

#CA9242 #BECA42 #7ACA42

triadic

#BECA42 #42BECA #CA42BE

tetradic

#BECA42 #42CA92 #4E42CA #CA427A

square

#BECA42 #42CA92 #4E42CA #CA427A

split-complementary

#BECA42 #427ACA #9242CA

monochromatic

#6A7220 #97A22D #BECA42 #CED772 #DFE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BECA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#BECA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECA42

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECA42	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.156 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da7e',
    500: '#beca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beca42;
$custom-light: #d5da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80491,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECA42

secondary

#3C357B

accent

#48DF56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECA42

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

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