#BCBD39#BCBD39

#BCBD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.149 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD39
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -16.12, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 65.01, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0506 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.149 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6765, 47.3831, 10.9259)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD39 #3A39BD

analogous

#BD7C39 #BCBD39 #7ABD39

triadic

#BCBD39 #39BCBD #BD39BC

tetradic

#BCBD39 #39BD7C #3A39BD #BD397A

square

#BCBD39 #39BD7C #3A39BD #BD397A

split-complementary

#BCBD39 #397ABD #7C39BD

monochromatic

#5E5F1D #8D8E2B #BCBD39 #CFD063 #DEDE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BCBD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD39

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD39	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.149 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d078',
    500: '#bcbd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd39;
$custom-light: #d4d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77406,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD39

secondary

#8989C9

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD39

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

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