#BCBE49#BCBE49

#BCBE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.138 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE49
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -15.68, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 59.13, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0477 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.138 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3563, 48.0004, 13.4412)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE49 #4B49BE

analogous

#BE8649 #BCBE49 #82BE49

triadic

#BCBE49 #49BCBE #BE49BC

tetradic

#BCBE49 #49BE86 #4B49BE #BE4982

square

#BCBE49 #49BE86 #4B49BE #BE4982

split-complementary

#BCBE49 #4982BE #8649BE

monochromatic

#666825 #939535 #BCBE49 #CDCE76 #DDDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BCBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE49

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE49	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)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.138 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d181',
    500: '#bcbe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe49;
$custom-light: #d3d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.026,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77756,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE49

secondary

#9998CB

accent

#51D753

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE49

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

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