#BCBE43#BCBE43

#BCBE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.143 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE43
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 64.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -16.07, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 61.59, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0494 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.143 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1669, 47.9246, 12.4436)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE43 #4543BE

analogous

#BE8343 #BCBE43 #7EBE43

triadic

#BCBE43 #43BCBE #BE43BC

tetradic

#BCBE43 #43BE83 #4543BE #BE437E

square

#BCBE43 #43BE83 #4543BE #BE437E

split-complementary

#BCBE43 #437EBE #8343BE

monochromatic

#636423 #909132 #BCBE43 #CCCE70 #DCDD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BCBE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE43

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE43	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)

#CCB632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.143 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17d',
    500: '#bcbe43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe43;
$custom-light: #d3d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.976,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77703,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE43

secondary

#9493CA

accent

#50D852

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE43

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

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