#BCBE51#BCBE51

#BCBE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.132 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE51
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -15.12, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 55.68, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0452 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.132 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6388, 48.1134, 14.9290)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE51 #5351BE

analogous

#BE8951 #BCBE51 #85BE51

triadic

#BCBE51 #51BCBE #BE51BC

tetradic

#BCBE51 #51BE89 #5351BE #BE5185

square

#BCBE51 #51BE89 #5351BE #BE5185

split-complementary

#BCBE51 #5185BE #8951BE

monochromatic

#6B6C28 #979939 #BCBE51 #CDCF7E #DEDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BCBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE51

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE51	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)

#CCB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.132 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d186',
    500: '#bcbe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe51;
$custom-light: #d3d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.101,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77836,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE51

secondary

#9F9ECD

accent

#53D555

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE51

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

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