#BCBE3C#BCBE3C

#BCBE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.148 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE3C
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 60)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -16.47, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 64.30, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0513 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.148 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9694, 47.8456, 11.4037)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE3C #3E3CBE

analogous

#BE7F3C #BCBE3C #7BBE3C

triadic

#BCBE3C #3CBCBE #BE3CBC

tetradic

#BCBE3C #3CBE7F #3E3CBE #BE3C7B

square

#BCBE3C #3CBE7F #3E3CBE #BE3C7B

split-complementary

#BCBE3C #3C7BBE #7F3CBE

monochromatic

#60611F #8E8F2D #BCBE3C #CECF68 #DDDE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BCBE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE3C

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE3C	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)

#CDB628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.148 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17a',
    500: '#bcbe3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe3c;
$custom-light: #d3d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77647,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE3C

secondary

#8D8CCA

accent

#4CDB4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE3C

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

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