#BECC59#BECC59

#BECC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.140 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECC59
RGB	rgb(190, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -20.67, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 58.38, 110.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0602 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.14 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6321, 54.8548, 17.6861)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECC59 #6759CC

analogous

#CCA059 #BECC59 #85CC59

triadic

#BECC59 #59BECC #CC59BE

tetradic

#BECC59 #59CCA0 #6759CC #CC5985

square

#BECC59 #59CCA0 #6759CC #CC5985

split-complementary

#BECC59 #5985CC #A059CC

monochromatic

#778328 #A2B136 #BECC59 #D0DA88 #E3E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BECC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#BECC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECC59

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECC59	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #becc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.140 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4db8c',
    500: '#becc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #becc59;
$custom-light: #d4db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#becc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.304,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81145,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECC59

secondary

#483F8A

accent

#4BDC5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECC59

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

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