#BCBD46#BCBD46

#BCBD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.140 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD46
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 70)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -15.37, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 59.96, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0471 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.14 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0434, 47.5298, 12.8580)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD46 #4746BD

analogous

#BD8246 #BCBD46 #80BD46

triadic

#BCBD46 #46BCBD #BD46BC

tetradic

#BCBD46 #46BD82 #4746BD #BD4680

square

#BCBD46 #46BD82 #4746BD #BD4680

split-complementary

#BCBD46 #4680BD #8246BD

monochromatic

#646524 #919234 #BCBD46 #CCCD73 #DDDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BCBD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD46

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD46	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.140 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07f',
    500: '#bcbd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd46;
$custom-light: #d3d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.504,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77511,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD46

secondary

#9595CA

accent

#51D752

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD46

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

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