#BCBE24#BCBE24

#BCBE24 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	#BCBE24
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 36)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 81.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -17.48, 69.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 71.94, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0561 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.161 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4724, 47.6468, 8.7862)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE24 #2624BE

analogous

#BE7324 #BCBE24 #6FBE24

triadic

#BCBE24 #24BCBE #BE24BC

tetradic

#BCBE24 #24BE73 #2624BE #BE246F

square

#BCBE24 #24BE73 #2624BE #BE246F

split-complementary

#BCBE24 #246FBE #7324BE

monochromatic

#565711 #898B1A #BCBE24 #DADC44 #E4E577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BCBE24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE24

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE24	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)

#CFB933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.161 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d16e',
    500: '#bcbe24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe24;
$custom-light: #d4d16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.779,
    "s": 68.142,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77506,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE24

secondary

#7271CD

accent

#3DEB3F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE24

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

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