#BECB40#BECB40

#BECB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.159 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECB40
RGB	rgb(190, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -21.87, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 68.06, 108.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0661 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.159 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5177, 54.0300, 12.9859)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECB40 #4D40CB

analogous

#CB9340 #BECB40 #78CB40

triadic

#BECB40 #40BECB #CB40BE

tetradic

#BECB40 #40CB93 #4D40CB #CB4078

square

#BECB40 #40CB93 #4D40CB #CB4078

split-complementary

#BECB40 #4078CB #9340CB

monochromatic

#6A721F #97A22C #BECB40 #CED870 #DFE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BECB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#BECB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECB40

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECB40	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #becb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.159 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da7d',
    500: '#becb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #becb40;
$custom-light: #d5da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#becb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.612,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80696,
    "c": 0.15866,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECB40

secondary

#3B357B

accent

#47E056

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECB40

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

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