#BCBD3E#BCBD3E

#BCBD3E 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 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD3E
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -15.85, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 63.15, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0493 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.146 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8075, 47.4355, 11.6155)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD3E #3F3EBD

analogous

#BD7E3E #BCBD3E #7DBD3E

triadic

#BCBD3E #3EBCBD #BD3EBC

tetradic

#BCBD3E #3EBD7E #3F3EBD #BD3E7D

square

#BCBD3E #3EBD7E #3F3EBD #BD3E7D

split-complementary

#BCBD3E #3E7DBD #7E3EBD

monochromatic

#606120 #8E8F2F #BCBD3E #CDCE6A #DDDD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BCBD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD3E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD3E	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.146 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07b',
    500: '#bcbd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd3e;
$custom-light: #d3d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.472,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77444,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD3E

secondary

#8E8EC9

accent

#4EDA4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD3E

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

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