#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
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -17.57, 70.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 72.69, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0566 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.162 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4285, 47.6292, 8.5550)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BCBE21	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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