#BCBE52#BCBE52

#BCBE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.131 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE52
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -15.04, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 55.23, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0449 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.131 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6766, 48.1285, 15.1280)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE52 #5452BE

analogous

#BE8A52 #BCBE52 #86BE52

triadic

#BCBE52 #52BCBE #BE52BC

tetradic

#BCBE52 #52BE8A #5452BE #BE5286

square

#BCBE52 #52BE8A #5452BE #BE5286

split-complementary

#BCBE52 #5286BE #8A52BE

monochromatic

#6B6D29 #97993A #BCBE52 #CDCF7E #DEDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCBE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE52

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE52	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.131 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d186',
    500: '#bcbe52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe52;
$custom-light: #d3d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.111,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77847,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE52

secondary

#A09FCD

accent

#53D555

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE52

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

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