#BEBB21#BEBB21

#BEBB21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.159 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBB21
RGB	rgb(190, 187, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -15.20, 70.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 71.67, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0501 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.159 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2817, 46.5989, 8.3639)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBB21 #2124BE

analogous

#BE6D21 #BEBB21 #72BE21

triadic

#BEBB21 #21BEBB #BB21BE

tetradic

#BEBB21 #21BE6D #2124BE #BE2172

square

#BEBB21 #21BE6D #2124BE #BE2172

split-complementary

#BEBB21 #2172BE #6D21BE

monochromatic

#56540F #8A8818 #BEBB21 #DEDB3F #E7E473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BEBB21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BEBB21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBB21

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBB21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBB21	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebb21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 187, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.159 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cf6d',
    500: '#bebb21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebb21;
$custom-light: #d6cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebb21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.854,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77008,
    "c": 0.15882,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBB21

secondary

#6D6FCD

accent

#3EED3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBB21

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

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