#BCBD3A#BCBD3A

#BCBD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.148 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD3A
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -16.07, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 64.65, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0503 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.148 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7017, 47.3932, 11.0586)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD3A #3B3ABD

analogous

#BD7C3A #BCBD3A #7ABD3A

triadic

#BCBD3A #3ABCBD #BD3ABC

tetradic

#BCBD3A #3ABD7C #3B3ABD #BD3A7A

square

#BCBD3A #3ABD7C #3B3ABD #BD3A7A

split-complementary

#BCBD3A #3A7ABD #7C3ABD

monochromatic

#5F5F1D #8D8E2C #BCBD3A #CFD065 #DDDE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BCBD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD3A

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD3A	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)

#CCB525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.148 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d078',
    500: '#bcbd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd3a;
$custom-light: #d4d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77414,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD3A

secondary

#8A8AC9

accent

#4BDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD3A

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

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