#BCBD2F#BCBD2F

#BCBD2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.155 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD2F
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -16.58, 66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 68.42, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0528 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.155 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4512, 47.2930, 9.7391)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD2F #302FBD

analogous

#BD772F #BCBD2F #75BD2F

triadic

#BCBD2F #2FBCBD #BD2FBC

tetradic

#BCBD2F #2FBD77 #302FBD #BD2F75

square

#BCBD2F #2FBD77 #302FBD #BD2F75

split-complementary

#BCBD2F #2F75BD #772FBD

monochromatic

#5A5B17 #8B8C23 #BCBD2F #D4D555 #E0E186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BCBD2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD2F

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD2F	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)

#CCB50B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.155 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d073',
    500: '#bcbd2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd2f;
$custom-light: #d4d073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77342,
    "c": 0.15474,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD2F

secondary

#7E7ECA

accent

#44E346

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD2F

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

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