#BCBD3F#BCBD3F

#BCBD3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.145 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD3F
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 63)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -15.80, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 62.76, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0491 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.145 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8351, 47.4465, 11.7614)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD3F #403FBD

analogous

#BD7F3F #BCBD3F #7DBD3F

triadic

#BCBD3F #3FBCBD #BD3FBC

tetradic

#BCBD3F #3FBD7F #403FBD #BD3F7D

square

#BCBD3F #3FBD7F #403FBD #BD3F7D

split-complementary

#BCBD3F #3F7DBD #7F3FBD

monochromatic

#616120 #8E8F30 #BCBD3F #CDCE6B #DDDD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BCBD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD3F

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD3F	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)

#CCB52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.145 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07b',
    500: '#bcbd3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd3f;
$custom-light: #d3d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.476,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77452,
    "c": 0.14489,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD3F

secondary

#8F8FC9

accent

#4EDA4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD3F

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

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