#BCBD4E#BCBD4E

#BCBD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.133 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD4E
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -14.83, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 56.57, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0447 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.133 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3129, 47.6377, 14.2777)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD4E #4F4EBD

analogous

#BD874E #BCBD4E #84BD4E

triadic

#BCBD4E #4EBCBD #BD4EBC

tetradic

#BCBD4E #4EBD87 #4F4EBD #BD4E84

square

#BCBD4E #4EBD87 #4F4EBD #BD4E84

split-complementary

#BCBD4E #4E84BD #874EBD

monochromatic

#696927 #959638 #BCBD4E #CDCE7B #DEDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BCBD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD4E

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD4E	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.133 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d084',
    500: '#bcbd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd4e;
$custom-light: #d3d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.541,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77587,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD4E

secondary

#9C9BCC

accent

#52D554

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD4E

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

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