#BCBD24#BCBD24

#BCBD24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.160 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD24
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -16.98, 69.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 71.59, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0548 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.16 110)
XYZ	xyz(39.2566, 47.2151, 8.7143)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD24 #2524BD

analogous

#BD7224 #BCBD24 #70BD24

triadic

#BCBD24 #24BCBD #BD24BC

tetradic

#BCBD24 #24BD72 #2524BD #BD2470

square

#BCBD24 #24BD72 #2524BD #BD2470

split-complementary

#BCBD24 #2470BD #7224BD

monochromatic

#565610 #898A1A #BCBD24 #DADB43 #E4E576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BCBD24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD24

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD24	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)

#CEB933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.160 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d06e',
    500: '#bcbd24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd24;
$custom-light: #d4d06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77287,
    "c": 0.15993,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD24

secondary

#7170CC

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD24

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

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