#BCBD4F#BCBD4F

#BCBD4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.132 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCBD4F
RGBrgb(188, 189, 79)
HSLhsl(61, 45%, 53%)
HSVhsv(61, 58%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 0%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.61, -14.76, 54.16)
CIE-LCHlch(74.61, 56.13, 105.24°)
OKLaboklab(77.6% -0.0444 0.1247)
OKLCHoklch(77.6% 0.132 109.6)
XYZxyz(40.3490, 47.6521, 14.4679)
Luminance0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCBD4F #504FBD
analogous
#BD874F #BCBD4F #85BD4F
triadic
#BCBD4F #4FBCBD #BD4FBC
tetradic
#BCBD4F #4FBD87 #504FBD #BD4F85
square
#BCBD4F #4FBD87 #504FBD #BD4F85
split-complementary
#BCBD4F #4F85BD #874FBD
monochromatic
#696A28 #969638 #BCBD4F #CDCE7C #DEDEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#BCBD4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53
#BCBD4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD4F
10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCBD4F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCBD4F1.001.9910.5310.53
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5321.001.001.00
##00000010.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB643
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCB955
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C8B2A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bcbd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.132 109.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d085',
    500: '#bcbd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bcbd4f;
$custom-light: #d3d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bcbd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.545,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77598,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCBD4F
secondary
#9C9CCC
accent
#53D554
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FAF9EF
border
#D3D2CA
text
#14140B
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD4F

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#BCBD4F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva