#BECE59#BECE59

#BECE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.143 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECE59
RGB	rgb(190, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -21.65, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 59.31, 111.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.063 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.143 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1105, 55.8116, 17.8456)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECE59 #6959CE

analogous

#CEA359 #BECE59 #83CE59

triadic

#BECE59 #59BECE #CE59BE

tetradic

#BECE59 #59CEA3 #6959CE #CE5983

square

#BECE59 #59CEA3 #6959CE #CE5983

split-complementary

#BECE59 #5983CE #A359CE

monochromatic

#788527 #A3B535 #BECE59 #D1DC88 #E3EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BECE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BECE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECE59

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECE59	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)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bece59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.143 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc8c',
    500: '#bece59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bece59;
$custom-light: #d4dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bece59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.205,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81585,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECE59

secondary

#493F8C

accent

#4ADE5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECE59

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

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