#BCBD48#BCBD48

#BCBD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.138 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD48
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -15.24, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 59.13, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0466 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.138 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1075, 47.5555, 13.1960)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD48 #4948BD

analogous

#BD8348 #BCBD48 #81BD48

triadic

#BCBD48 #48BCBD #BD48BC

tetradic

#BCBD48 #48BD83 #4948BD #BD4881

square

#BCBD48 #48BD83 #4948BD #BD4881

split-complementary

#BCBD48 #4881BD #8348BD

monochromatic

#656625 #929335 #BCBD48 #CCCD75 #DDDDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BCBD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD48

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD48	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)

#CBB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.138 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d080',
    500: '#bcbd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd48;
$custom-light: #d3d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.513,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77529,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD48

secondary

#9797CA

accent

#51D752

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD48

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

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