#BCBD3D#BCBD3D

#BCBD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.146 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD3D
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -15.91, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 63.53, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0496 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.146 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7803, 47.4246, 11.4723)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD3D #3E3DBD

analogous

#BD7E3D #BCBD3D #7CBD3D

triadic

#BCBD3D #3DBCBD #BD3DBC

tetradic

#BCBD3D #3DBD7E #3E3DBD #BD3D7C

square

#BCBD3D #3DBD7E #3E3DBD #BD3D7C

split-complementary

#BCBD3D #3D7CBD #7E3DBD

monochromatic

#60601F #8E8F2E #BCBD3D #CECE69 #DDDD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BCBD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD3D

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD3D	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)

#CCB529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.146 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07a',
    500: '#bcbd3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd3d;
$custom-light: #d3d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77436,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD3D

secondary

#8D8DC9

accent

#4DDB4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD3D

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

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