#BECB42#BECB42

#BECB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.157 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECB42
RGB	rgb(190, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -21.75, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 67.32, 108.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0656 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.157 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5756, 54.0531, 13.2910)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECB42 #4F42CB

analogous

#CB9342 #BECB42 #7ACB42

triadic

#BECB42 #42BECB #CB42BE

tetradic

#BECB42 #42CB93 #4F42CB #CB427A

square

#BECB42 #42CB93 #4F42CB #CB427A

split-complementary

#BECB42 #427ACB #9342CB

monochromatic

#6B7320 #98A32D #BECB42 #CFD872 #DFE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BECB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#BECB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECB42

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECB42	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)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #becb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.157 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da7e',
    500: '#becb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #becb42;
$custom-light: #d5da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#becb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80712,
    "c": 0.15732,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECB42

secondary

#3C357C

accent

#48E056

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECB42

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

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