#BCBE41#BCBE41

#BCBE41 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	#BCBE41
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -16.19, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 62.38, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.05 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.145 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1079, 47.9010, 12.1331)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE41 #4341BE

analogous

#BE8241 #BCBE41 #7DBE41

triadic

#BCBE41 #41BCBE #BE41BC

tetradic

#BCBE41 #41BE82 #4341BE #BE417D

square

#BCBE41 #41BE82 #4341BE #BE417D

split-complementary

#BCBE41 #417DBE #8241BE

monochromatic

#626322 #8F9031 #BCBE41 #CCCE6F #DCDD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BCBE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE41

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE41	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	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)

#CDB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.145 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17c',
    500: '#bcbe41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe41;
$custom-light: #d3d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.96,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77686,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE41

secondary

#9291C9

accent

#4FD951

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE41

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

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