#BCBD42#BCBD42

#BCBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.143 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD42
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -15.62, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 61.58, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0483 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.143 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9213, 47.4810, 12.2150)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD42 #4342BD

analogous

#BD8142 #BCBD42 #7EBD42

triadic

#BCBD42 #42BCBD #BD42BC

tetradic

#BCBD42 #42BD81 #4342BD #BD427E

square

#BCBD42 #42BD81 #4342BD #BD427E

split-complementary

#BCBD42 #427EBD #8142BD

monochromatic

#626222 #8F9032 #BCBD42 #CCCD6F #DCDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD42

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD42	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.143 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07d',
    500: '#bcbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd42;
$custom-light: #d3d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77476,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD42

secondary

#9292C9

accent

#50D851

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD42

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

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