#BCBD50#BCBD50

#BCBD50 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	#BCBD50
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -14.68, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 55.69, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0441 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.132 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3857, 47.6668, 14.6611)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD50 #5150BD

analogous

#BD8750 #BCBD50 #86BD50

triadic

#BCBD50 #50BCBD #BD50BC

tetradic

#BCBD50 #50BD87 #5150BD #BD5086

square

#BCBD50 #50BD87 #5150BD #BD5086

split-complementary

#BCBD50 #5086BD #8750BD

monochromatic

#6A6A28 #969739 #BCBD50 #CDCE7C #DEDFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BCBD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD50

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD50	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)

#CBB644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.132 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d085',
    500: '#bcbd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd50;
$custom-light: #d3d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.55,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77608,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD50

secondary

#9D9DCC

accent

#53D554

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD50

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

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