#BCBE20#BCBE20

#BCBE20 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 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCBE20
RGBrgb(188, 190, 32)
HSLhsl(61, 71%, 44%)
HSVhsv(61, 83%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(1.1%, 0%, 83.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.59, -17.60, 70.77)
CIE-LCHlch(74.59, 72.92, 103.97°)
OKLaboklab(77.49% -0.0567 0.1522)
OKLCHoklch(77.49% 0.162 110.4)
XYZxyz(39.4147, 47.6237, 8.4823)
Luminance0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCBE20 #2220BE
analogous
#BE7120 #BCBE20 #6DBE20
triadic
#BCBE20 #20BCBE #BE20BC
tetradic
#BCBE20 #20BE71 #2220BE #BE206D
square
#BCBE20 #20BE71 #2220BE #BE206D
split-complementary
#BCBE20 #206DBE #7120BE
monochromatic
#54550E #888A17 #BCBE20 #DCDE3D #E6E771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#BCBE20 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52
#BCBE20 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE20
10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCBE20#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCBE201.002.0010.5210.52
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5221.001.001.00
##00000010.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

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

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bcbe20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.162 110.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d16d',
    500: '#bcbe20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bcbe20;
$custom-light: #d4d16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bcbe20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.759,
    "s": 71.171,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7749,
    "c": 0.16245,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCBE20
secondary
#6D6CCE
accent
#3AEE3C
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9ED
border
#D4D2C8
text
#151408
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE20

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

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#BCBE20 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva