#BECE5B#BECE5B

#BECE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.141 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BECE5B
RGB	rgb(190, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -21.49, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 58.43, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0623 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.141 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1956, 55.8456, 18.2939)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BECE5B #6B5BCE

analogous

#CEA45B #BECE5B #84CE5B

triadic

#BECE5B #5BBECE #CE5BBE

tetradic

#BECE5B #5BCEA4 #6B5BCE #CE5B84

square

#BECE5B #5BCEA4 #6B5BCE #CE5B84

split-complementary

#BECE5B #5B84CE #A45BCE

monochromatic

#798628 #A4B636 #BECE5B #D1DC8A #E3EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BECE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#BECE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BECE5B

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BECE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BECE5B	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bece5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.141 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc8d',
    500: '#bece5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bece5b;
$custom-light: #d4dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bece5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.348,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81606,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BECE5B

secondary

#4B408D

accent

#4ADD5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BECE5B

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

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