#BCBE4C#BCBE4C

#BCBE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.136 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE4C
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 76)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 60%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -15.48, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 57.86, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0468 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.136 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4582, 48.0411, 13.9777)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE4C #4E4CBE

analogous

#BE874C #BCBE4C #83BE4C

triadic

#BCBE4C #4CBCBE #BE4CBC

tetradic

#BCBE4C #4CBE87 #4E4CBE #BE4C83

square

#BCBE4C #4CBE87 #4E4CBE #BE4C83

split-complementary

#BCBE4C #4C83BE #874CBE

monochromatic

#686926 #959637 #BCBE4C #CDCE79 #DEDFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCBE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE4C

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE4C	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)

#CCB63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.136 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d183',
    500: '#bcbe4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe4c;
$custom-light: #d3d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77785,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE4C

secondary

#9B9ACC

accent

#51D654

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE4C

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

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