#BCBE38#BCBE38

#BCBE38 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	#BCBE38
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -16.67, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 65.76, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0522 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.151 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8677, 47.8049, 10.8678)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE38 #3A38BE

analogous

#BE7D38 #BCBE38 #79BE38

triadic

#BCBE38 #38BCBE #BE38BC

tetradic

#BCBE38 #38BE7D #3A38BE #BE3879

square

#BCBE38 #38BE7D #3A38BE #BE3879

split-complementary

#BCBE38 #3879BE #7D38BE

monochromatic

#5E5F1C #8D8F2A #BCBE38 #CFD162 #DEDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE38

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE38	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)

#CDB621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.151 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d177',
    500: '#bcbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe38;
$custom-light: #d4d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77618,
    "c": 0.15055,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE38

secondary

#8988CA

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE38

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

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