#BCBD40#BCBD40

#BCBD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.144 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD40
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -15.74, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 62.37, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0488 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.144 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8633, 47.4578, 11.9099)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD40 #4140BD

analogous

#BD8040 #BCBD40 #7EBD40

triadic

#BCBD40 #40BCBD #BD40BC

tetradic

#BCBD40 #40BD80 #4140BD #BD407E

square

#BCBD40 #40BD80 #4140BD #BD407E

split-complementary

#BCBD40 #407EBD #8040BD

monochromatic

#616221 #8F8F31 #BCBD40 #CDCD6D #DCDD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BCBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD40

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD40	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)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.144 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07c',
    500: '#bcbd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd40;
$custom-light: #d3d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7746,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD40

secondary

#9090C9

accent

#4FD950

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD40

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

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