#BCBD4C#BCBD4C

#BCBD4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.135 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD4C
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 76)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -14.97, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 57.44, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0454 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.135 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2423, 47.6094, 13.9058)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD4C #4D4CBD

analogous

#BD864C #BCBD4C #84BD4C

triadic

#BCBD4C #4CBCBD #BD4CBC

tetradic

#BCBD4C #4CBD86 #4D4CBD #BD4C84

square

#BCBD4C #4CBD86 #4D4CBD #BD4C84

split-complementary

#BCBD4C #4C84BD #864CBD

monochromatic

#686826 #949537 #BCBD4C #CDCD79 #DDDEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCBD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD4C

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD4C	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)

#CBB53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.135 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d083',
    500: '#bcbd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd4c;
$custom-light: #d3d083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.531,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77567,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD4C

secondary

#9A9ACB

accent

#52D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD4C

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

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