#BCBE5D#BCBE5D

#BCBE5D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.121 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE5D
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 93)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 51.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -14.14, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 50.20, 106.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0412 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.121 110)
XYZ	xyz(41.1292, 48.3095, 17.5119)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE5D #5F5DBE

analogous

#BE8F5D #BCBE5D #8BBE5D

triadic

#BCBE5D #5DBCBE #BE5DBC

tetradic

#BCBE5D #5DBE8F #5F5DBE #BE5D8B

square

#BCBE5D #5DBE8F #5F5DBE #BE5D8B

split-complementary

#BCBE5D #5D8BBE #8F5DBE

monochromatic

#71732E #9C9E40 #BCBE5D #CED089 #E0E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCBE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE5D

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE5D	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.121 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d18d',
    500: '#bcbe5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe5d;
$custom-light: #d2d18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.237,
    "s": 42.731,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77974,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE5D

secondary

#A8A7D0

accent

#55D358

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE5D

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

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