#BCBD4A#BCBD4A

#BCBD4A 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 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD4A
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -15.11, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 58.29, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.046 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.137 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1739, 47.5820, 13.5452)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD4A #4B4ABD

analogous

#BD854A #BCBD4A #83BD4A

triadic

#BCBD4A #4ABCBD #BD4ABC

tetradic

#BCBD4A #4ABD85 #4B4ABD #BD4A83

square

#BCBD4A #4ABD85 #4B4ABD #BD4A83

split-complementary

#BCBD4A #4A83BD #854ABD

monochromatic

#666726 #939436 #BCBD4A #CDCD77 #DDDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCBD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD4A

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD4A	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.137 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d081',
    500: '#bcbd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd4a;
$custom-light: #d3d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.522,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77548,
    "c": 0.13658,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD4A

secondary

#9998CB

accent

#52D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD4A

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

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