#BCBE40#BCBE40

#BCBE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.145 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE40
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -16.24, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 62.77, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0502 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.145 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0792, 47.8895, 11.9818)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE40 #4240BE

analogous

#BE8140 #BCBE40 #7DBE40

triadic

#BCBE40 #40BCBE #BE40BC

tetradic

#BCBE40 #40BE81 #4240BE #BE407D

square

#BCBE40 #40BE81 #4240BE #BE407D

split-complementary

#BCBE40 #407DBE #8140BE

monochromatic

#616221 #8F9031 #BCBE40 #CCCE6D #DCDD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BCBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE40

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE40	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.145 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17c',
    500: '#bcbe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe40;
$custom-light: #d3d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.952,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77678,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE40

secondary

#9190C9

accent

#4FD951

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE40

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

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