#BECD38#BECD38

#BECD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.166 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECD38
RGB	rgb(190, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -23.25, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 71.67, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0707 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.166 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7815, 54.8961, 12.0303)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECD38 #4738CD

analogous

#CD9138 #BECD38 #73CD38

triadic

#BECD38 #38BECD #CD38BE

tetradic

#BECD38 #38CD91 #4738CD #CD3873

square

#BECD38 #38CD91 #4738CD #CD3873

split-complementary

#BECD38 #3873CD #9138CD

monochromatic

#666F1C #94A028 #BECD38 #CED969 #DEE69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BECD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BECD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECD38

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECD38	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #becd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.166 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dc79',
    500: '#becd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #becd38;
$custom-light: #d5dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#becd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.04,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81084,
    "c": 0.16577,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECD38

secondary

#383178

accent

#45E355

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECD38

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

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