#BCBE35#BCBE35

#BCBE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.152 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE35
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -16.82, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 66.81, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0529 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.152 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7965, 47.7764, 10.4929)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE35 #3735BE

analogous

#BE7C35 #BCBE35 #77BE35

triadic

#BCBE35 #35BCBE #BE35BC

tetradic

#BCBE35 #35BE7C #3735BE #BE3577

square

#BCBE35 #35BE7C #3735BE #BE3577

split-complementary

#BCBE35 #3577BE #7C35BE

monochromatic

#5D5E1A #8D8E28 #BCBE35 #D0D25E #DEDF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCBE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE35

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE35	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.152 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d176',
    500: '#bcbe35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe35;
$custom-light: #d4d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.876,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77598,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE35

secondary

#8685CA

accent

#48E04A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE35

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

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