#BCBE48#BCBE48

#BCBE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.139 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE48
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 72)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 62.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -15.75, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 59.55, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.048 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.139 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3234, 47.9872, 13.2680)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE48 #4A48BE

analogous

#BE8548 #BCBE48 #81BE48

triadic

#BCBE48 #48BCBE #BE48BC

tetradic

#BCBE48 #48BE85 #4A48BE #BE4881

square

#BCBE48 #48BE85 #4A48BE #BE4881

split-complementary

#BCBE48 #4881BE #8548BE

monochromatic

#666725 #939435 #BCBE48 #CDCE75 #DDDEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BCBE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE48

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE48	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.139 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d180',
    500: '#bcbe48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe48;
$custom-light: #d3d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77747,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE48

secondary

#9897CB

accent

#51D753

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE48

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

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