#BCBE54#BCBE54

#BCBE54 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.129 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE54
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 84)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 55.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -14.89, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 54.34, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0443 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.129 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7538, 48.1594, 15.5347)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE54 #5654BE

analogous

#BE8B54 #BCBE54 #87BE54

triadic

#BCBE54 #54BCBE #BE54BC

tetradic

#BCBE54 #54BE8B #5654BE #BE5487

square

#BCBE54 #54BE8B #5654BE #BE5487

split-complementary

#BCBE54 #5487BE #8B54BE

monochromatic

#6D6E2A #989A3B #BCBE54 #CDCF80 #DFE0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCBE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE54

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE54	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)

#CBB749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.129 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d188',
    500: '#bcbe54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe54;
$custom-light: #d2d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 44.915,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77868,
    "c": 0.12912,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE54

secondary

#A1A0CE

accent

#53D556

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE54

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

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