#BCBD21#BCBD21

#BCBD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.161 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD21
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -17.07, 70.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 72.34, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0552 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.161 110)
XYZ	xyz(39.2127, 47.1976, 8.4830)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD21 #2221BD

analogous

#BD7021 #BCBD21 #6EBD21

triadic

#BCBD21 #21BCBD #BD21BC

tetradic

#BCBD21 #21BD70 #2221BD #BD216E

square

#BCBD21 #21BD70 #2221BD #BD216E

split-complementary

#BCBD21 #216EBD #7021BD

monochromatic

#54550F #888918 #BCBD21 #DCDD3E #E6E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BCBD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD21

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD21	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.161 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d06d',
    500: '#bcbd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd21;
$custom-light: #d4d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77274,
    "c": 0.16111,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD21

secondary

#6D6DCD

accent

#3BED3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD21

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

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