#BEBC21#BEBC21

#BEBC21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.160 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC21
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -15.71, 70.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 72.00, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0515 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.16 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4945, 47.0247, 8.4348)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC21 #2123BE

analogous

#BE6D21 #BEBC21 #71BE21

triadic

#BEBC21 #21BEBC #BC21BE

tetradic

#BEBC21 #21BE6D #2123BE #BE2171

square

#BEBC21 #21BE6D #2123BE #BE2171

split-complementary

#BEBC21 #2171BE #6D21BE

monochromatic

#56550F #8A8818 #BEBC21 #DEDC3F #E7E573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BEBC21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BEBC21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC21

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC21	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.160 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cf6d',
    500: '#bebc21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc21;
$custom-light: #d6cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.236,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77226,
    "c": 0.15974,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC21

secondary

#6D6FCD

accent

#3DED3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC21

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

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