#BECA51#BECA51

#BECA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.145 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECA51
RGB	rgb(190, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -20.29, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 60.91, 109.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.06 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.145 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8419, 53.7830, 15.8546)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECA51 #5D51CA

analogous

#CA9951 #BECA51 #82CA51

triadic

#BECA51 #51BECA #CA51BE

tetradic

#BECA51 #51CA99 #5D51CA #CA5182

square

#BECA51 #51CA99 #5D51CA #CA5182

split-complementary

#BECA51 #5182CA #9951CA

monochromatic

#737B25 #9EAA34 #BECA51 #D0D880 #E1E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BECA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BECA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECA51

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECA51	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.145 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da87',
    500: '#beca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beca51;
$custom-light: #d4da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.95,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80623,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECA51

secondary

#433C83

accent

#4BDD5A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECA51

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

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