#BCBD43#BCBD43

#BCBD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.142 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD43
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -15.56, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 61.18, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.048 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.142 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9510, 47.4929, 12.3716)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD43 #4443BD

analogous

#BD8143 #BCBD43 #7FBD43

triadic

#BCBD43 #43BCBD #BD43BC

tetradic

#BCBD43 #43BD81 #4443BD #BD437F

square

#BCBD43 #43BD81 #4443BD #BD437F

split-complementary

#BCBD43 #437FBD #8143BD

monochromatic

#626323 #8F9033 #BCBD43 #CCCD70 #DCDD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCBD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD43

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD43	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)

#CCB533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.142 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07d',
    500: '#bcbd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd43;
$custom-light: #d3d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.492,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77484,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD43

secondary

#9393C9

accent

#50D851

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD43

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

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