#BECE42#BECE42

#BECE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.161 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECE42
RGB	rgb(190, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -23.22, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 68.59, 109.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0696 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.161 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2910, 55.4838, 13.5294)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECE42 #5242CE

analogous

#CE9842 #BECE42 #78CE42

triadic

#BECE42 #42BECE #CE42BE

tetradic

#BECE42 #42CE98 #5242CE #CE4278

square

#BECE42 #42CE98 #5242CE #CE4278

split-complementary

#BECE42 #4278CE #9842CE

monochromatic

#6D771F #99A72B #BECE42 #CFDB73 #DFE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BECE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#BECE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECE42

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECE42	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bece42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.161 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dc7e',
    500: '#bece42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bece42;
$custom-light: #d5dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bece42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81374,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECE42

secondary

#3D357F

accent

#46E258

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECE42

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

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