#BCBE58#BCBE58

#BCBE58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.125 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE58
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 88)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 53.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -14.56, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 52.52, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0429 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.125 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.9149, 48.2238, 16.3834)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE58 #5A58BE

analogous

#BE8D58 #BCBE58 #89BE58

triadic

#BCBE58 #58BCBE #BE58BC

tetradic

#BCBE58 #58BE8D #5A58BE #BE5889

square

#BCBE58 #58BE8D #5A58BE #BE5889

split-complementary

#BCBE58 #5889BE #8D58BE

monochromatic

#6F702C #9A9C3D #BCBE58 #CECF84 #DFE0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCBE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE58

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE58	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)

#CBB74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.125 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d18a',
    500: '#bcbe58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe58;
$custom-light: #d2d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 43.966,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77914,
    "c": 0.12544,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE58

secondary

#A4A3CE

accent

#54D457

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE58

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

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