#BECE49#BECE49

#BECE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.156 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECE49
RGB	rgb(190, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -22.80, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 65.93, 110.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0678 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.156 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5101, 55.5714, 14.6836)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECE49 #5949CE

analogous

#CE9C49 #BECE49 #7CCE49

triadic

#BECE49 #49BECE #CE49BE

tetradic

#BECE49 #49CE9C #5949CE #CE497C

square

#BECE49 #49CE9C #5949CE #CE497C

split-complementary

#BECE49 #497CCE #9C49CE

monochromatic

#717B21 #9DAC2E #BECE49 #CFDB79 #E0E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BECE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#BECE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECE49

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECE49	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bece49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.156 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dc82',
    500: '#bece49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bece49;
$custom-light: #d5dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bece49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.218,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81431,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECE49

secondary

#413883

accent

#47E159

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECE49

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

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