#BEBD21#BEBD21

#BEBD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.161 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD21
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -16.21, 70.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 72.34, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0529 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.161 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7089, 47.4534, 8.5063)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD21 #2122BE

analogous

#BE6E21 #BEBD21 #70BE21

triadic

#BEBD21 #21BEBD #BD21BE

tetradic

#BEBD21 #21BE6E #2122BE #BE2170

square

#BEBD21 #21BE6E #2122BE #BE2170

split-complementary

#BEBD21 #2170BE #6E21BE

monochromatic

#56550F #8A8918 #BEBD21 #DEDD3F #E7E673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BEBD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BEBD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD21

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD21	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.161 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d06d',
    500: '#bebd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd21;
$custom-light: #d6d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.618,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77444,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD21

secondary

#6D6ECD

accent

#3CED3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD21

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

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