#BCBE57#BCBE57

#BCBE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.126 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE57
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -14.65, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 52.98, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0433 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.126 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.8738, 48.2074, 16.1668)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE57 #5957BE

analogous

#BE8D57 #BCBE57 #89BE57

triadic

#BCBE57 #57BCBE #BE57BC

tetradic

#BCBE57 #57BE8D #5957BE #BE5789

square

#BCBE57 #57BE8D #5957BE #BE5789

split-complementary

#BCBE57 #5789BE #8D57BE

monochromatic

#6E6F2B #9A9C3C #BCBE57 #CECF83 #DFE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE57

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE57	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)

#CBB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.126 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d18a',
    500: '#bcbe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe57;
$custom-light: #d2d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.165,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77902,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE57

secondary

#A3A3CE

accent

#54D456

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE57

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

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