#BCBD2D#BCBD2D

#BCBD2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.156 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD2D
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -16.66, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 69.04, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0532 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.156 110)
XYZ	xyz(39.4117, 47.2772, 9.5314)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD2D #2E2DBD

analogous

#BD762D #BCBD2D #74BD2D

triadic

#BCBD2D #2DBCBD #BD2DBC

tetradic

#BCBD2D #2DBD76 #2E2DBD #BD2D74

square

#BCBD2D #2DBD76 #2E2DBD #BD2D74

split-complementary

#BCBD2D #2D74BD #762DBD

monochromatic

#5A5A15 #8B8C21 #BCBD2D #D5D652 #E1E183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BCBD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD2D

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD2D	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB504

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.156 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d072',
    500: '#bcbd2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd2d;
$custom-light: #d4d072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77331,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD2D

secondary

#7C7BCB

accent

#43E544

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD2D

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

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