#BCBE3B#BCBE3B

#BCBE3B 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 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE3B
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -16.52, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 64.67, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0515 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.149 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9432, 47.8351, 11.2658)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE3B #3D3BBE

analogous

#BE7F3B #BCBE3B #7BBE3B

triadic

#BCBE3B #3BBCBE #BE3BBC

tetradic

#BCBE3B #3BBE7F #3D3BBE #BE3B7B

square

#BCBE3B #3BBE7F #3D3BBE #BE3B7B

split-complementary

#BCBE3B #3B7BBE #7F3BBE

monochromatic

#60611E #8E8F2C #BCBE3B #CED067 #DDDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BCBE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE3B

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE3B	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.149 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d179',
    500: '#bcbe3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe3b;
$custom-light: #d3d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.916,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7764,
    "c": 0.14863,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE3B

secondary

#8C8BCA

accent

#4CDC4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE3B

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

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