#BCBE61#BCBE61

#BCBE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.117 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE61
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -13.78, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 48.30, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0398 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.117 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3110, 48.3823, 18.4695)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE61 #6361BE

analogous

#BE9261 #BCBE61 #8EBE61

triadic

#BCBE61 #61BCBE #BE61BC

tetradic

#BCBE61 #61BE92 #6361BE #BE618E

square

#BCBE61 #61BE92 #6361BE #BE618E

split-complementary

#BCBE61 #618EBE #9261BE

monochromatic

#737530 #9EA042 #BCBE61 #CED08C #E1E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BCBE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE61

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE61	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.117 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d190',
    500: '#bcbe61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe61;
$custom-light: #d2d190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.29,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78025,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE61

secondary

#ABAAD1

accent

#56D259

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE61

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

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