#BCBE32#BCBE32

#BCBE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.154 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE32
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 50)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 73.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -16.96, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 67.82, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0536 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.154 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7296, 47.7497, 10.1408)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE32 #3432BE

analogous

#BE7A32 #BCBE32 #76BE32

triadic

#BCBE32 #32BCBE #BE32BC

tetradic

#BCBE32 #32BE7A #3432BE #BE3276

square

#BCBE32 #32BE7A #3432BE #BE3276

split-complementary

#BCBE32 #3276BE #7A32BE

monochromatic

#5C5D19 #8C8E25 #BCBE32 #D2D35A #DFE08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCBE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE32

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE32	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.154 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d175',
    500: '#bcbe32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe32;
$custom-light: #d4d175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77579,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE32

secondary

#8382CA

accent

#46E248

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE32

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

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