#BCBE4B#BCBE4B

#BCBE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.137 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE4B
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 60.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -15.55, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 58.28, 105.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0471 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.137 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4237, 48.0273, 13.7960)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE4B #4D4BBE

analogous

#BE864B #BCBE4B #83BE4B

triadic

#BCBE4B #4BBCBE #BE4BBC

tetradic

#BCBE4B #4BBE86 #4D4BBE #BE4B83

square

#BCBE4B #4BBE86 #4D4BBE #BE4B83

split-complementary

#BCBE4B #4B83BE #864BBE

monochromatic

#686926 #949636 #BCBE4B #CDCE78 #DDDEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCBE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE4B

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE4B	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.137 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d182',
    500: '#bcbe4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe4b;
$custom-light: #d3d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.043,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77775,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE4B

secondary

#9A99CC

accent

#51D754

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE4B

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

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