#BCBE37#BCBE37

#BCBE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.151 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE37
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -16.72, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 66.11, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0525 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.151 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8434, 47.7952, 10.7403)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE37 #3937BE

analogous

#BE7C37 #BCBE37 #78BE37

triadic

#BCBE37 #37BCBE #BE37BC

tetradic

#BCBE37 #37BE7C #3937BE #BE3778

square

#BCBE37 #37BE7C #3937BE #BE3778

split-complementary

#BCBE37 #3778BE #7C37BE

monochromatic

#5E5F1C #8D8F29 #BCBE37 #D0D161 #DEDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCBE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE37

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE37	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)

#CDB61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.151 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d177',
    500: '#bcbe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe37;
$custom-light: #d4d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77611,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE37

secondary

#8887CA

accent

#49DE4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE37

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

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