#BCBE1E#BCBE1E

#BCBE1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.163 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE1E
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 30)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 84.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -17.66, 71.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 73.38, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.057 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.163 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3884, 47.6132, 8.3435)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE1E #201EBE

analogous

#BE701E #BCBE1E #6CBE1E

triadic

#BCBE1E #1EBCBE #BE1EBC

tetradic

#BCBE1E #1EBE70 #201EBE #BE1E6C

square

#BCBE1E #1EBE70 #201EBE #BE1E6C

split-complementary

#BCBE1E #1E6CBE #701EBE

monochromatic

#53540D #888916 #BCBE1E #DEE039 #E7E86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBE1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCBE1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE1E

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE1E	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.163 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d16c',
    500: '#bcbe1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe1e;
$custom-light: #d4d16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.75,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77483,
    "c": 0.16316,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE1E

secondary

#6B69CE

accent

#38EF3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE1E

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

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