#BECE55#BECE55

#BECE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.146 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECE55
RGB	rgb(190, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -21.96, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 61.03, 111.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0642 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.146 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9471, 55.7462, 16.9849)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECE55 #6555CE

analogous

#CEA255 #BECE55 #82CE55

triadic

#BECE55 #55BECE #CE55BE

tetradic

#BECE55 #55CEA2 #6555CE #CE5582

square

#BECE55 #55CEA2 #6555CE #CE5582

split-complementary

#BECE55 #5582CE #A255CE

monochromatic

#778326 #A2B233 #BECE55 #D0DC85 #E2E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BECE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#BECE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECE55

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECE55	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bece55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.146 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc89',
    500: '#bece55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bece55;
$custom-light: #d4dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bece55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.934,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81543,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECE55

secondary

#473D8A

accent

#49DF5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECE55

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

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