#BCBE4E#BCBE4E

#BCBE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.134 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE4E
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -15.34, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 56.99, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0462 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.134 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5288, 48.0694, 14.3496)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE4E #504EBE

analogous

#BE884E #BCBE4E #84BE4E

triadic

#BCBE4E #4EBCBE #BE4EBC

tetradic

#BCBE4E #4EBE88 #504EBE #BE4E84

square

#BCBE4E #4EBE88 #504EBE #BE4E84

split-complementary

#BCBE4E #4E84BE #884EBE

monochromatic

#696A27 #969738 #BCBE4E #CDCE7B #DEDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCBE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE4E

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE4E	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)

#CCB641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.134 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d184',
    500: '#bcbe4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe4e;
$custom-light: #d3d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77805,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE4E

secondary

#9C9CCC

accent

#52D654

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE4E

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

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