#BCBD36#BCBD36

#BCBD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; 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	#BCBD36
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -16.27, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 66.08, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0513 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.151 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6039, 47.3540, 10.5434)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD36 #3736BD

analogous

#BD7A36 #BCBD36 #79BD36

triadic

#BCBD36 #36BCBD #BD36BC

tetradic

#BCBD36 #36BD7A #3736BD #BD3679

square

#BCBD36 #36BD7A #3736BD #BD3679

split-complementary

#BCBD36 #3679BD #7A36BD

monochromatic

#5D5E1B #8D8D28 #BCBD36 #D0D15F #DEDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCBD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD36

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD36	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)

#CCB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.151 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d076',
    500: '#bcbd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd36;
$custom-light: #d4d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77386,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD36

secondary

#8685C9

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD36

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

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