#BCBD29#BCBD29

#BCBD29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.158 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD29
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -16.81, 68.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 70.23, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0539 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.158 110)
XYZ	xyz(39.3384, 47.2478, 9.1449)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD29 #2A29BD

analogous

#BD7429 #BCBD29 #72BD29

triadic

#BCBD29 #29BCBD #BD29BC

tetradic

#BCBD29 #29BD74 #2A29BD #BD2972

square

#BCBD29 #29BD74 #2A29BD #BD2972

split-complementary

#BCBD29 #2972BD #7429BD

monochromatic

#585813 #8A8B1E #BCBD29 #D7D84B #E2E37D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BCBD29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD29

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD29	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)

#CEB936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.158 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d070',
    500: '#bcbd29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd29;
$custom-light: #d4d070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.405,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7731,
    "c": 0.15773,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD29

secondary

#7777CB

accent

#40E742

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD29

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

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