#BECE56#BECE56

#BECE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.145 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECE56
RGB	rgb(190, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -21.88, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 60.60, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0639 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.145 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9871, 55.7622, 17.1956)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECE56 #6656CE

analogous

#CEA256 #BECE56 #82CE56

triadic

#BECE56 #56BECE #CE56BE

tetradic

#BECE56 #56CEA2 #6656CE #CE5682

square

#BECE56 #56CEA2 #6656CE #CE5682

split-complementary

#BECE56 #5682CE #A256CE

monochromatic

#778326 #A2B334 #BECE56 #D0DC85 #E2EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BECE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#BECE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECE56

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECE56	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)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bece56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.145 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc8a',
    500: '#bece56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bece56;
$custom-light: #d4dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bece56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81553,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECE56

secondary

#483E8B

accent

#49DE5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECE56

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

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