#BECC38#BECC38

#BECC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.165 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECC38
RGB	rgb(190, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -22.77, 67.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 71.26, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0693 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.165 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5431, 54.4192, 11.9508)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECC38 #4638CC

analogous

#CC9038 #BECC38 #74CC38

triadic

#BECC38 #38BECC #CC38BE

tetradic

#BECC38 #38CC90 #4638CC #CC3874

square

#BECC38 #38CC90 #4638CC #CC3874

split-complementary

#BECC38 #3874CC #9038CC

monochromatic

#666E1C #939E29 #BECC38 #CED869 #DEE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BECC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BECC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECC38

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECC38	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)

#DBC21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #becc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.165 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5db79',
    500: '#becc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #becc38;
$custom-light: #d5db79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#becc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.676,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80862,
    "c": 0.1647,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECC38

secondary

#383177

accent

#45E254

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECC38

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

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