#BCBD31#BCBD31

#BCBD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.154 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD31
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -16.50, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 67.77, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0524 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.154 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4924, 47.3095, 9.9564)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD31 #3231BD

analogous

#BD7831 #BCBD31 #76BD31

triadic

#BCBD31 #31BCBD #BD31BC

tetradic

#BCBD31 #31BD78 #3231BD #BD3176

square

#BCBD31 #31BD78 #3231BD #BD3176

split-complementary

#BCBD31 #3176BD #7831BD

monochromatic

#5B5C18 #8C8C24 #BCBD31 #D3D458 #E0E088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BCBD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD31

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD31	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)

#CCB512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.154 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d074',
    500: '#bcbd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd31;
$custom-light: #d4d074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77354,
    "c": 0.15366,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD31

secondary

#8080CA

accent

#46E247

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD31

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

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