#BCBE4A#BCBE4A

#BCBE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.138 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE4A
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 61.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -15.62, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 58.71, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0474 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.138 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3897, 48.0137, 13.6172)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE4A #4C4ABE

analogous

#BE864A #BCBE4A #82BE4A

triadic

#BCBE4A #4ABCBE #BE4ABC

tetradic

#BCBE4A #4ABE86 #4C4ABE #BE4A82

square

#BCBE4A #4ABE86 #4C4ABE #BE4A82

split-complementary

#BCBE4A #4A82BE #864ABE

monochromatic

#676825 #949536 #BCBE4A #CDCE77 #DDDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BCBE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE4A

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE4A	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)

#CCB63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.138 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d182',
    500: '#bcbe4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe4a;
$custom-light: #d3d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.034,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77766,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE4A

secondary

#9998CB

accent

#51D753

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE4A

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

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