#BCBE23#BCBE23

#BCBE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.161 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE23
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 81.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -17.52, 70.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 72.19, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0563 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.161 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4574, 47.6408, 8.7069)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE23 #2523BE

analogous

#BE7323 #BCBE23 #6FBE23

triadic

#BCBE23 #23BCBE #BE23BC

tetradic

#BCBE23 #23BE73 #2523BE #BE236F

square

#BCBE23 #23BE73 #2523BE #BE236F

split-complementary

#BCBE23 #236FBE #7323BE

monochromatic

#565710 #898A19 #BCBE23 #DADC42 #E4E676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BCBE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE23

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE23	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	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)

#CFB932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.161 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d16e',
    500: '#bcbe23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe23;
$custom-light: #d4d16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.774,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77502,
    "c": 0.16129,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE23

secondary

#7170CD

accent

#3CEC3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE23

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

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