#BCBE5B#BCBE5B

#BCBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.123 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE5B
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -14.31, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 51.13, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0419 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.123 110)
XYZ	xyz(41.0418, 48.2746, 17.0514)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE5B #5D5BBE

analogous

#BE8E5B #BCBE5B #8BBE5B

triadic

#BCBE5B #5BBCBE #BE5BBC

tetradic

#BCBE5B #5BBE8E #5D5BBE #BE5B8B

square

#BCBE5B #5BBE8E #5D5BBE #BE5B8B

split-complementary

#BCBE5B #5B8BBE #8E5BBE

monochromatic

#70722D #9B9D3E #BCBE5B #CECF87 #E0E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE5B

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE5B	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)

#CBB752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.123 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d18c',
    500: '#bcbe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe5b;
$custom-light: #d2d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.212,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7795,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE5B

secondary

#A6A6CF

accent

#55D357

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE5B

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

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