#BCBD49#BCBD49

#BCBD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.137 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD49
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -15.18, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 58.71, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0463 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.137 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1404, 47.5687, 13.3692)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD49 #4A49BD

analogous

#BD8449 #BCBD49 #82BD49

triadic

#BCBD49 #49BCBD #BD49BC

tetradic

#BCBD49 #49BD84 #4A49BD #BD4982

square

#BCBD49 #49BD84 #4A49BD #BD4982

split-complementary

#BCBD49 #4982BD #8449BD

monochromatic

#666625 #939335 #BCBD49 #CDCD76 #DDDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BCBD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD49

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD49	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)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.137 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d081',
    500: '#bcbd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd49;
$custom-light: #d3d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.517,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77538,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD49

secondary

#9897CA

accent

#51D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD49

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

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