#BCBD38#BCBD38

#BCBD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.150 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD38
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -16.17, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 65.37, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0508 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.15 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6518, 47.3732, 10.7958)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD38 #3938BD

analogous

#BD7B38 #BCBD38 #79BD38

triadic

#BCBD38 #38BCBD #BD38BC

tetradic

#BCBD38 #38BD7B #3938BD #BD3879

square

#BCBD38 #38BD7B #3938BD #BD3879

split-complementary

#BCBD38 #3879BD #7B38BD

monochromatic

#5E5F1C #8D8E2A #BCBD38 #D0D062 #DEDE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD38

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD38	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.150 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d077',
    500: '#bcbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd38;
$custom-light: #d4d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77399,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD38

secondary

#8887C9

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD38

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

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