#BCBD26#BCBD26

#BCBD26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.159 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD26
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -16.92, 69.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 71.06, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0544 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.159 110)
XYZ	xyz(39.2880, 47.2277, 8.8796)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD26 #2726BD

analogous

#BD7226 #BCBD26 #71BD26

triadic

#BCBD26 #26BCBD #BD26BC

tetradic

#BCBD26 #26BD72 #2726BD #BD2671

square

#BCBD26 #26BD72 #2726BD #BD2671

split-complementary

#BCBD26 #2671BD #7226BD

monochromatic

#575712 #898A1C #BCBD26 #D9DA46 #E3E479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BCBD26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD26

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD26	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.159 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d06f',
    500: '#bcbd26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd26;
$custom-light: #d4d06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.397,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77296,
    "c": 0.15908,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD26

secondary

#7373CC

accent

#3EE93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD26

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

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