#BEBE21#BEBE21

#BEBE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.162 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE21
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -16.71, 70.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 72.68, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0543 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.162 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9248, 47.8851, 8.5782)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE21 #2121BE

analogous

#BE6F21 #BEBE21 #6FBE21

triadic

#BEBE21 #21BEBE #BE21BE

tetradic

#BEBE21 #21BE6F #2121BE #BE216F

square

#BEBE21 #21BE6F #2121BE #BE216F

split-complementary

#BEBE21 #216FBE #6F21BE

monochromatic

#56560F #8A8A18 #BEBE21 #DEDE3F #E7E773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEBE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BEBE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE21

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE21	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BA31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.162 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d16d',
    500: '#bebe21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe21;
$custom-light: #d6d16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77663,
    "c": 0.16161,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE21

secondary

#6D6DCD

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE21

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

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