#BCBE47#BCBE47

#BCBE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.140 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE47
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 62.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -15.82, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 59.96, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0483 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.14 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2910, 47.9743, 13.0976)
Luminance	0.4797 (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

#BCBE47 #4947BE

analogous

#BE8447 #BCBE47 #80BE47

triadic

#BCBE47 #47BCBE #BE47BC

tetradic

#BCBE47 #47BE84 #4947BE #BE4780

square

#BCBE47 #47BE84 #4947BE #BE4780

split-complementary

#BCBE47 #4780BE #8447BE

monochromatic

#656624 #929434 #BCBE47 #CCCE74 #DDDEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BCBE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE47

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE47	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)

#CCB638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.140 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d180',
    500: '#bcbe47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe47;
$custom-light: #d3d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.008,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77738,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE47

secondary

#9796CB

accent

#50D753

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE47

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

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