#BCBD35#BCBD35

#BCBD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.151 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD35
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -16.32, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 66.43, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0515 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.151 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5806, 47.3447, 10.4209)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD35 #3635BD

analogous

#BD7A35 #BCBD35 #78BD35

triadic

#BCBD35 #35BCBD #BD35BC

tetradic

#BCBD35 #35BD7A #3635BD #BD3578

square

#BCBD35 #35BD7A #3635BD #BD3578

split-complementary

#BCBD35 #3578BD #7A35BD

monochromatic

#5D5D1A #8C8D28 #BCBD35 #D1D25D #DFDF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCBD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD35

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD35	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)

#CCB51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.151 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d076',
    500: '#bcbd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd35;
$custom-light: #d4d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77379,
    "c": 0.15137,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD35

secondary

#8584CA

accent

#48DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD35

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

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