#BCBD30#BCBD30

#BCBD30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.154 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD30
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -16.54, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 68.10, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0526 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.154 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4716, 47.3011, 9.8465)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD30 #3130BD

analogous

#BD7830 #BCBD30 #75BD30

triadic

#BCBD30 #30BCBD #BD30BC

tetradic

#BCBD30 #30BD78 #3130BD #BD3075

square

#BCBD30 #30BD78 #3130BD #BD3075

split-complementary

#BCBD30 #3075BD #7830BD

monochromatic

#5B5B17 #8B8C24 #BCBD30 #D3D456 #E0E087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BCBD30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD30

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD30	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)

#CCB50F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.154 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d073',
    500: '#bcbd30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd30;
$custom-light: #d4d073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77348,
    "c": 0.15421,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD30

secondary

#7F7FCA

accent

#45E346

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD30

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

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