#BECE57#BECE57

#BECE57 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 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECE57
RGB	rgb(190, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -21.81, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 60.17, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0636 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.145 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0276, 55.7784, 17.4093)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECE57 #6757CE

analogous

#CEA257 #BECE57 #83CE57

triadic

#BECE57 #57BECE #CE57BE

tetradic

#BECE57 #57CEA2 #6757CE #CE5783

square

#BECE57 #57CEA2 #6757CE #CE5783

split-complementary

#BECE57 #5783CE #A257CE

monochromatic

#778427 #A2B334 #BECE57 #D0DC86 #E3EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BECE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BECE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECE57

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECE57	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bece57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.145 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc8b',
    500: '#bece57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bece57;
$custom-light: #d4dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bece57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.067,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81563,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECE57

secondary

#483E8B

accent

#4ADE5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECE57

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

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