#BCBE39#BCBE39

#BCBE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.150 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE39
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -16.62, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 65.40, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.052 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.15 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8924, 47.8148, 10.9979)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE39 #3B39BE

analogous

#BE7D39 #BCBE39 #79BE39

triadic

#BCBE39 #39BCBE #BE39BC

tetradic

#BCBE39 #39BE7D #3B39BE #BE3979

square

#BCBE39 #39BE7D #3B39BE #BE3979

split-complementary

#BCBE39 #3979BE #7D39BE

monochromatic

#5F601D #8D8F2B #BCBE39 #CFD064 #DDDF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCBE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE39

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE39	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)

#CDB622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.150 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d178',
    500: '#bcbe39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe39;
$custom-light: #d4d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77625,
    "c": 0.14992,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE39

secondary

#8A89CA

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE39

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

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