#BCBD45#BCBD45

#BCBD45 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	#BCBD45
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -15.44, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 60.37, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0474 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.141 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0121, 47.5173, 12.6931)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD45 #4645BD

analogous

#BD8245 #BCBD45 #80BD45

triadic

#BCBD45 #45BCBD #BD45BC

tetradic

#BCBD45 #45BD82 #4645BD #BD4580

square

#BCBD45 #45BD82 #4645BD #BD4580

split-complementary

#BCBD45 #4580BD #8245BD

monochromatic

#646424 #909134 #BCBD45 #CCCD72 #DDDD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCBD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD45

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD45	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)

#CBB535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.141 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07f',
    500: '#bcbd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd45;
$custom-light: #d3d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77502,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD45

secondary

#9594CA

accent

#51D752

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD45

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

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