#BCBE3E#BCBE3E

#BCBE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.147 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE3E
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -16.36, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 63.54, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0508 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.147 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0233, 47.8672, 11.6875)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE3E #403EBE

analogous

#BE803E #BCBE3E #7CBE3E

triadic

#BCBE3E #3EBCBE #BE3EBC

tetradic

#BCBE3E #3EBE80 #403EBE #BE3E7C

square

#BCBE3E #3EBE80 #403EBE #BE3E7C

split-complementary

#BCBE3E #3E7CBE #803EBE

monochromatic

#616220 #8E902F #BCBE3E #CDCF6B #DDDE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BCBE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE3E

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE3E	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)

#CDB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.147 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17b',
    500: '#bcbe3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe3e;
$custom-light: #d3d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.938,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77662,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE3E

secondary

#8F8EC9

accent

#4EDA50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE3E

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

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