#BECB59#BECB59

#BECB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.139 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECB59
RGB	rgb(190, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -20.17, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 57.91, 110.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0588 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.139 115)
XYZ	xyz(44.3952, 54.3809, 17.6071)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECB59 #6659CB

analogous

#CB9F59 #BECB59 #85CB59

triadic

#BECB59 #59BECB #CB59BE

tetradic

#BECB59 #59CB9F #6659CB #CB5985

square

#BECB59 #59CB9F #6659CB #CB5985

split-complementary

#BECB59 #5985CB #9F59CB

monochromatic

#778128 #A2B037 #BECB59 #D0DA88 #E2E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BECB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BECB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECB59

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECB59	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #becb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.139 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da8c',
    500: '#becb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #becb59;
$custom-light: #d4da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#becb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.842,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80925,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.5438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECB59

secondary

#483F89

accent

#4CDC5C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECB59

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

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