#BCBE5A#BCBE5A

#BCBE5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.124 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE5A
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 90)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 52.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -14.40, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 51.60, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0422 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.124 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.9989, 48.2574, 16.8258)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE5A #5C5ABE

analogous

#BE8E5A #BCBE5A #8ABE5A

triadic

#BCBE5A #5ABCBE #BE5ABC

tetradic

#BCBE5A #5ABE8E #5C5ABE #BE5A8A

square

#BCBE5A #5ABE8E #5C5ABE #BE5A8A

split-complementary

#BCBE5A #5A8ABE #8E5ABE

monochromatic

#70712D #9B9D3E #BCBE5A #CECF86 #E0E1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCBE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE5A

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE5A	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.124 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d18c',
    500: '#bcbe5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe5a;
$custom-light: #d2d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77938,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE5A

secondary

#A6A5CF

accent

#55D357

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE5A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →