#BECE40#BECE40

#BECE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.162 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECE40
RGB	rgb(190, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -23.33, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 69.32, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0701 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.162 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2330, 55.4606, 13.2243)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECE40 #5040CE

analogous

#CE9740 #BECE40 #77CE40

triadic

#BECE40 #40BECE #CE40BE

tetradic

#BECE40 #40CE97 #5040CE #CE4077

square

#BECE40 #40CE97 #5040CE #CE4077

split-complementary

#BECE40 #4077CE #9740CE

monochromatic

#6C751E #98A62B #BECE40 #CFDA71 #DFE7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BECE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BECE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECE40

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECE40	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bece40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.162 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dc7d',
    500: '#bece40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bece40;
$custom-light: #d5dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bece40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.761,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81359,
    "c": 0.16196,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECE40

secondary

#3D347E

accent

#45E257

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECE40

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

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