#BCBE25#BCBE25

#BCBE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.160 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE25
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 37)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 80.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -17.45, 69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 71.68, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.056 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.16 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4879, 47.6530, 8.8678)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE25 #2725BE

analogous

#BE7325 #BCBE25 #70BE25

triadic

#BCBE25 #25BCBE #BE25BC

tetradic

#BCBE25 #25BE73 #2725BE #BE2570

square

#BCBE25 #25BE73 #2725BE #BE2570

split-complementary

#BCBE25 #2570BE #7325BE

monochromatic

#575811 #898B1B #BCBE25 #D9DB45 #E3E579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BCBE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE25

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE25	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)

#CFB934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.160 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d16f',
    500: '#bcbe25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe25;
$custom-light: #d4d16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.784,
    "s": 67.401,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77511,
    "c": 0.16047,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE25

secondary

#7372CD

accent

#3EEA40

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE25

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

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