#BCBE21#BCBE21

#BCBE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.162 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCBE21
RGBrgb(188, 190, 33)
HSLhsl(61, 70%, 44%)
HSVhsv(61, 83%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(1.1%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.59, -17.57, 70.53)
CIE-LCHlch(74.59, 72.69, 103.99°)
OKLaboklab(77.49% -0.0566 0.1519)
OKLCHoklch(77.49% 0.162 110.4)
XYZxyz(39.4285, 47.6292, 8.5550)
Luminance0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCBE21 #2321BE
analogous
#BE7121 #BCBE21 #6DBE21
triadic
#BCBE21 #21BCBE #BE21BC
tetradic
#BCBE21 #21BE71 #2321BE #BE216D
square
#BCBE21 #21BE71 #2321BE #BE216D
split-complementary
#BCBE21 #216DBE #7121BE
monochromatic
#55560F #888A18 #BCBE21 #DCDE3F #E5E773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#BCBE21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53
#BCBE21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE21
10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCBE21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCBE211.002.0010.5310.53
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5321.001.001.00
##00000010.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB500
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFB931
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CAB1A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bcbe21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.162 110.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d16d',
    500: '#bcbe21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bcbe21;
$custom-light: #d4d16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bcbe21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.764,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77494,
    "c": 0.16206,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCBE21
secondary
#6F6DCD
accent
#3BED3D
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9ED
border
#D4D2C8
text
#151408
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE21

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#BCBE21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva