#BECE3B#BECE3B

#BECE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.165 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECE3B
RGB	rgb(190, 206, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -23.59, 67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 71.07, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0713 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.165 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0971, 55.4062, 12.5083)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECE3B #4B3BCE

analogous

#CE953B #BECE3B #74CE3B

triadic

#BECE3B #3BBECE #CE3BBE

tetradic

#BECE3B #3BCE95 #4B3BCE #CE3B74

square

#BECE3B #3BCE95 #4B3BCE #CE3B74

split-complementary

#BECE3B #3B74CE #953BCE

monochromatic

#69721D #96A329 #BECE3B #CEDA6C #DEE69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BECE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#BECE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECE3B

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECE3B	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bece3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 206, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.165 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dc7b',
    500: '#bece3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bece3b;
$custom-light: #d5dc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bece3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.531,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81324,
    "c": 0.1651,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECE3B

secondary

#3A327B

accent

#45E356

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECE3B

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

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