#BCBD22#BCBD22

#BCBD22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.161 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD22
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -17.04, 70.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 72.10, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0551 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.161 110)
XYZ	xyz(39.2269, 47.2032, 8.5579)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD22 #2322BD

analogous

#BD7022 #BCBD22 #6EBD22

triadic

#BCBD22 #22BCBD #BD22BC

tetradic

#BCBD22 #22BD70 #2322BD #BD226E

square

#BCBD22 #22BD70 #2322BD #BD226E

split-complementary

#BCBD22 #226EBD #7022BD

monochromatic

#55550F #888919 #BCBD22 #DCDD40 #E5E673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BCBD22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD22

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD22	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.161 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d06e',
    500: '#bcbd22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd22;
$custom-light: #d4d06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.387,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77278,
    "c": 0.16073,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD22

secondary

#6F6ECD

accent

#3BEC3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD22

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

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