#BECB38#BECB38

#BECB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.164 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECB38
RGB	rgb(190, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -22.28, 67.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 70.86, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.068 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.164 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3062, 53.9453, 11.8718)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECB38 #4538CB

analogous

#CB8E38 #BECB38 #74CB38

triadic

#BECB38 #38BECB #CB38BE

tetradic

#BECB38 #38CB8E #4538CB #CB3874

square

#BECB38 #38CB8E #4538CB #CB3874

split-complementary

#BECB38 #3874CB #8E38CB

monochromatic

#656C1C #939D29 #BECB38 #CED869 #DEE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BECB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#BECB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECB38

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECB38	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #becb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.164 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da79',
    500: '#becb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #becb38;
$custom-light: #d5da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#becb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.306,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80641,
    "c": 0.16363,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECB38

secondary

#373176

accent

#46E254

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECB38

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →