#BECE37#BECE37

#BECE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.167 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECE37
RGB	rgb(190, 206, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -23.79, 68.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 72.40, 109.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0722 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.167 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9973, 55.3663, 11.9827)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECE37 #4737CE

analogous

#CE9337 #BECE37 #72CE37

triadic

#BECE37 #37BECE #CE37BE

tetradic

#BECE37 #37CE93 #4737CE #CE3772

square

#BECE37 #37CE93 #4737CE #CE3772

split-complementary

#BECE37 #3772CE #9337CE

monochromatic

#666F1B #94A027 #BECE37 #CEDA68 #DEE699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BECE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#BECE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECE37

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECE37	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bece37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 206, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.167 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dc79',
    500: '#bece37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bece37;
$custom-light: #d5dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bece37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.358,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81299,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECE37

secondary

#383179

accent

#44E455

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECE37

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

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