#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
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 32)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 83.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -17.60, 70.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 72.92, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0567 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.162 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4147, 47.6237, 8.4823)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BCBE20	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)

#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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