#BCBE42#BCBE42

#BCBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.144 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE42
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -16.13, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 61.99, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0497 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.144 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1371, 47.9127, 12.2870)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE42 #4442BE

analogous

#BE8242 #BCBE42 #7EBE42

triadic

#BCBE42 #42BCBE #BE42BC

tetradic

#BCBE42 #42BE82 #4442BE #BE427E

square

#BCBE42 #42BE82 #4442BE #BE427E

split-complementary

#BCBE42 #427EBE #8242BE

monochromatic

#626322 #8F9132 #BCBE42 #CCCE70 #DCDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BCBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE42

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE42	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)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.144 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17d',
    500: '#bcbe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe42;
$custom-light: #d3d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.968,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77694,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE42

secondary

#9392CA

accent

#4FD852

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE42

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

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