#BCBE53#BCBE53

#BCBE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.130 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE53
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -14.96, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 54.79, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0446 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.13 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7149, 48.1438, 15.3299)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE53 #5553BE

analogous

#BE8A53 #BCBE53 #86BE53

triadic

#BCBE53 #53BCBE #BE53BC

tetradic

#BCBE53 #53BE8A #5553BE #BE5386

square

#BCBE53 #53BE8A #5553BE #BE5386

split-complementary

#BCBE53 #5386BE #8A53BE

monochromatic

#6C6D29 #989A3A #BCBE53 #CDCF7F #DFE0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCBE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE53

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE53	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)

#CCB748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.130 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d187',
    500: '#bcbe53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe53;
$custom-light: #d2d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.121,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77857,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE53

secondary

#A09FCD

accent

#53D555

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE53

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

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