#BEBC23#BEBC23

#BEBC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.159 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC23
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 81.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -15.65, 69.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 71.51, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0512 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.159 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5234, 47.0362, 8.5868)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC23 #2325BE

analogous

#BE6F23 #BEBC23 #73BE23

triadic

#BEBC23 #23BEBC #BC23BE

tetradic

#BEBC23 #23BE6F #2325BE #BE2373

square

#BEBC23 #23BE6F #2325BE #BE2373

split-complementary

#BEBC23 #2373BE #6F23BE

monochromatic

#575610 #8A8919 #BEBC23 #DCDA42 #E6E476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BEBC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BEBC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC23

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC23	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.159 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cf6e',
    500: '#bebc23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc23;
$custom-light: #d6cf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.226,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77234,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC23

secondary

#7071CD

accent

#3EEC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC23

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

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