#BCBE34#BCBE34

#BCBE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.153 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE34
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 52)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 72.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -16.87, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 67.15, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0531 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.153 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7737, 47.7673, 10.3730)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE34 #3634BE

analogous

#BE7B34 #BCBE34 #77BE34

triadic

#BCBE34 #34BCBE #BE34BC

tetradic

#BCBE34 #34BE7B #3634BE #BE3477

square

#BCBE34 #34BE7B #3634BE #BE3477

split-complementary

#BCBE34 #3477BE #7B34BE

monochromatic

#5D5E1A #8C8E27 #BCBE34 #D1D35D #DFE08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCBE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE34

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE34	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)

#CDB618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.153 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d175',
    500: '#bcbe34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe34;
$custom-light: #d4d175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77592,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE34

secondary

#8584CA

accent

#48E04A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE34

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

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