#BCBE56#BCBE56

#BCBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.127 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE56
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -14.73, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 53.44, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0436 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.127 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.8332, 48.1911, 15.9531)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE56 #5856BE

analogous

#BE8C56 #BCBE56 #88BE56

triadic

#BCBE56 #56BCBE #BE56BC

tetradic

#BCBE56 #56BE8C #5856BE #BE5688

square

#BCBE56 #56BE8C #5856BE #BE5688

split-complementary

#BCBE56 #5688BE #8C56BE

monochromatic

#6E6F2B #999B3C #BCBE56 #CECF82 #DFE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE56

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE56	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.127 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d189',
    500: '#bcbe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe56;
$custom-light: #d2d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77891,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.4819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE56

secondary

#A3A2CE

accent

#54D456

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE56

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

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