#BCBD34#BCBD34

#BCBD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.152 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD34
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -16.36, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 66.77, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0517 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.152 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5579, 47.3356, 10.3011)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD34 #3534BD

analogous

#BD7A34 #BCBD34 #78BD34

triadic

#BCBD34 #34BCBD #BD34BC

tetradic

#BCBD34 #34BD7A #3534BD #BD3478

square

#BCBD34 #34BD7A #3534BD #BD3478

split-complementary

#BCBD34 #3478BD #7A34BD

monochromatic

#5D5D1A #8C8D27 #BCBD34 #D1D25C #DFDF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCBD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD34

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD34	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.152 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d075',
    500: '#bcbd34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd34;
$custom-light: #d4d075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77373,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD34

secondary

#8483CA

accent

#48E049

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD34

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

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