#BCBD51#BCBD51

#BCBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.131 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD51
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -14.61, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 55.25, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0438 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.131 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4229, 47.6817, 14.8571)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD51 #5251BD

analogous

#BD8851 #BCBD51 #86BD51

triadic

#BCBD51 #51BCBD #BD51BC

tetradic

#BCBD51 #51BD88 #5251BD #BD5186

square

#BCBD51 #51BD88 #5251BD #BD5186

split-complementary

#BCBD51 #5186BD #8851BD

monochromatic

#6A6B29 #979739 #BCBD51 #CDCE7D #DEDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BCBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD51

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD51	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.131 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d086',
    500: '#bcbd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd51;
$custom-light: #d3d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77618,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD51

secondary

#9E9ECC

accent

#53D554

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD51

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

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