#BCBE33#BCBE33

#BCBE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; 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	#BCBE33
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -16.91, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 67.49, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0534 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.154 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7514, 47.7584, 10.2556)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE33 #3533BE

analogous

#BE7A33 #BCBE33 #77BE33

triadic

#BCBE33 #33BCBE #BE33BC

tetradic

#BCBE33 #33BE7A #3533BE #BE3377

square

#BCBE33 #33BE7A #3533BE #BE3377

split-complementary

#BCBE33 #3377BE #7A33BE

monochromatic

#5D5E19 #8C8E26 #BCBE33 #D1D35B #DFE08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCBE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE33

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE33	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)

#CDB616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.154 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d175',
    500: '#bcbe33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe33;
$custom-light: #d4d175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.863,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77585,
    "c": 0.15354,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE33

secondary

#8483CA

accent

#47E149

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE33

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

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