#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 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(188, 189, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 45%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 58%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 58.2%, 25.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.61, -14.76, 54.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.61, 56.13, 105.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.6% -0.0444 0.1247) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.6% 0.132 109.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.3490, 47.6521, 14.4679) |
| Luminance | 0.4765 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 5.28
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.46
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.56
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 5.81
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 5.82
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 5.91
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BCBD4F | 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)
#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