#BCBE55#BCBE55

#BCBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.128 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE55
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -14.81, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 53.89, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0439 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.128 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.7932, 48.1751, 15.7424)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE55 #5755BE

analogous

#BE8C55 #BCBE55 #88BE55

triadic

#BCBE55 #55BCBE #BE55BC

tetradic

#BCBE55 #55BE8C #5755BE #BE5588

square

#BCBE55 #55BE8C #5755BE #BE5588

split-complementary

#BCBE55 #5588BE #8C55BE

monochromatic

#6D6E2A #999B3B #BCBE55 #CDCF81 #DFE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE55

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE55	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#CBB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.128 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d188',
    500: '#bcbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe55;
$custom-light: #d2d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7788,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE55

secondary

#A2A1CE

accent

#53D456

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE55

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

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