#BCBE45#BCBE45

#BCBE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.142 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE45
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -15.94, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 60.78, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0489 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.142 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2279, 47.9490, 12.7651)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE45 #4745BE

analogous

#BE8345 #BCBE45 #7FBE45

triadic

#BCBE45 #45BCBE #BE45BC

tetradic

#BCBE45 #45BE83 #4745BE #BE457F

square

#BCBE45 #45BE83 #4745BE #BE457F

split-complementary

#BCBE45 #457FBE #8345BE

monochromatic

#646523 #919333 #BCBE45 #CCCE72 #DDDEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BCBE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE45

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE45	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.142 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17f',
    500: '#bcbe45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe45;
$custom-light: #d3d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.992,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7772,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE45

secondary

#9595CA

accent

#50D852

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE45

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

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