#BCBD44#BCBD44

#BCBD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.141 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD44
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -15.50, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 60.78, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0477 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.141 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9813, 47.5050, 12.5310)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD44 #4544BD

analogous

#BD8144 #BCBD44 #7FBD44

triadic

#BCBD44 #44BCBD #BD44BC

tetradic

#BCBD44 #44BD81 #4544BD #BD447F

square

#BCBD44 #44BD81 #4544BD #BD447F

split-complementary

#BCBD44 #447FBD #8144BD

monochromatic

#636323 #909133 #BCBD44 #CCCD71 #DCDD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCBD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD44

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD44	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)

#CBB534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.141 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07e',
    500: '#bcbd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd44;
$custom-light: #d3d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77493,
    "c": 0.14126,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD44

secondary

#9493C9

accent

#50D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD44

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

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