#BCBE4D#BCBE4D

#BCBE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.135 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE4D
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 59.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -15.41, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 57.43, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0465 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.135 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4932, 48.0551, 14.1622)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE4D #4F4DBE

analogous

#BE884D #BCBE4D #84BE4D

triadic

#BCBE4D #4DBCBE #BE4DBC

tetradic

#BCBE4D #4DBE88 #4F4DBE #BE4D84

square

#BCBE4D #4DBE88 #4F4DBE #BE4D84

split-complementary

#BCBE4D #4D84BE #884DBE

monochromatic

#696A27 #959737 #BCBE4D #CDCE7A #DEDFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCBE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE4D

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE4D	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)

#CCB640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.135 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d183',
    500: '#bcbe4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe4d;
$custom-light: #d3d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.062,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77795,
    "c": 0.13519,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE4D

secondary

#9C9BCC

accent

#52D654

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE4D

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

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