#BCBE46#BCBE46

#BCBE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.141 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE46
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -15.88, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 60.37, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0486 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.141 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2592, 47.9615, 12.9299)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE46 #4846BE

analogous

#BE8446 #BCBE46 #80BE46

triadic

#BCBE46 #46BCBE #BE46BC

tetradic

#BCBE46 #46BE84 #4846BE #BE4680

square

#BCBE46 #46BE84 #4846BE #BE4680

split-complementary

#BCBE46 #4680BE #8446BE

monochromatic

#656624 #929334 #BCBE46 #CCCE73 #DDDEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BCBE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE46

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE46	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)

#CCB637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.141 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d17f',
    500: '#bcbe46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe46;
$custom-light: #d3d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77729,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE46

secondary

#9695CA

accent

#50D852

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE46

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

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