#BCBE50#BCBE50

#BCBE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.133 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE50
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -15.19, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 56.12, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0456 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.133 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6016, 48.0985, 14.7330)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE50 #5250BE

analogous

#BE8950 #BCBE50 #85BE50

triadic

#BCBE50 #50BCBE #BE50BC

tetradic

#BCBE50 #50BE89 #5250BE #BE5085

square

#BCBE50 #50BE89 #5250BE #BE5085

split-complementary

#BCBE50 #5085BE #8950BE

monochromatic

#6A6C28 #979839 #BCBE50 #CDCF7D #DEDFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BCBE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE50

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE50	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.133 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d185',
    500: '#bcbe50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe50;
$custom-light: #d3d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.091,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77826,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE50

secondary

#9E9DCD

accent

#52D555

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE50

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

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