#BCBD4D#BCBD4D

#BCBD4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.134 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD4D
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 77)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -14.90, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 57.00, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0451 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.134 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2773, 47.6234, 14.0903)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD4D #4E4DBD

analogous

#BD864D #BCBD4D #84BD4D

triadic

#BCBD4D #4DBCBD #BD4DBC

tetradic

#BCBD4D #4DBD86 #4E4DBD #BD4D84

square

#BCBD4D #4DBD86 #4E4DBD #BD4D84

split-complementary

#BCBD4D #4D84BD #864DBD

monochromatic

#686927 #959537 #BCBD4D #CDCE7A #DEDEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCBD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD4D

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD4D	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)

#CBB640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.134 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d083',
    500: '#bcbd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd4d;
$custom-light: #d3d083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.536,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77577,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD4D

secondary

#9B9ACB

accent

#52D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD4D

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

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