#BCBE36#BCBE36

#BCBE36 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	#BCBE36
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -16.77, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 66.46, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0527 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.152 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8197, 47.7857, 10.6153)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE36 #3836BE

analogous

#BE7C36 #BCBE36 #78BE36

triadic

#BCBE36 #36BCBE #BE36BC

tetradic

#BCBE36 #36BE7C #3836BE #BE3678

square

#BCBE36 #36BE7C #3836BE #BE3678

split-complementary

#BCBE36 #3678BE #7C36BE

monochromatic

#5E5F1B #8D8E28 #BCBE36 #D0D260 #DEDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCBE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE36

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE36	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)

#CDB61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.152 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d176',
    500: '#bcbe36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe36;
$custom-light: #d4d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77605,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE36

secondary

#8786CA

accent

#49DF4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE36

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

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