#BCBE3A#BCBE3A

#BCBE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.149 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE3A
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -16.57, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 65.04, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0517 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.149 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9176, 47.8249, 11.1306)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE3A #3C3ABE

analogous

#BE7E3A #BCBE3A #7ABE3A

triadic

#BCBE3A #3ABCBE #BE3ABC

tetradic

#BCBE3A #3ABE7E #3C3ABE #BE3A7A

square

#BCBE3A #3ABE7E #3C3ABE #BE3A7A

split-complementary

#BCBE3A #3A7ABE #7E3ABE

monochromatic

#5F601D #8E8F2C #BCBE3A #CED065 #DDDE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCBE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE3A

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE3A	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)

#CDB624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.149 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d179',
    500: '#bcbe3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe3a;
$custom-light: #d4d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.909,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77632,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE3A

secondary

#8B8ACA

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE3A

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

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