#BCBD27#BCBD27

#BCBD27 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	#BCBD27
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -16.88, 68.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 70.79, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0543 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.159 110)
XYZ	xyz(39.3043, 47.2342, 8.9658)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD27 #2827BD

analogous

#BD7327 #BCBD27 #71BD27

triadic

#BCBD27 #27BCBD #BD27BC

tetradic

#BCBD27 #27BD73 #2827BD #BD2771

square

#BCBD27 #27BD73 #2827BD #BD2771

split-complementary

#BCBD27 #2771BD #7327BD

monochromatic

#575812 #8A8A1D #BCBD27 #D8D948 #E3E47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BCBD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD27

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD27	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)

#CEB935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.159 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d06f',
    500: '#bcbd27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd27;
$custom-light: #d4d06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.773,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD27

secondary

#7574CC

accent

#3FE940

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD27

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

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