#BCBD4B#BCBD4B

#BCBD4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.136 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD4B
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 75)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -15.04, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 57.87, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0457 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.136 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2078, 47.5956, 13.7241)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD4B #4C4BBD

analogous

#BD854B #BCBD4B #83BD4B

triadic

#BCBD4B #4BBCBD #BD4BBC

tetradic

#BCBD4B #4BBD85 #4C4BBD #BD4B83

square

#BCBD4B #4BBD85 #4C4BBD #BD4B83

split-complementary

#BCBD4B #4B83BD #854BBD

monochromatic

#676826 #949436 #BCBD4B #CDCD78 #DDDEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCBD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD4B

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD4B	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)

#CBB53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.136 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d082',
    500: '#bcbd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd4b;
$custom-light: #d3d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.526,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77557,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD4B

secondary

#9999CB

accent

#52D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD4B

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

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