#BCBD52#BCBD52

#BCBD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.130 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD52
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -14.53, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 54.80, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0435 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.13 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4607, 47.6968, 15.0560)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD52 #5352BD

analogous

#BD8852 #BCBD52 #86BD52

triadic

#BCBD52 #52BCBD #BD52BC

tetradic

#BCBD52 #52BD88 #5352BD #BD5286

square

#BCBD52 #52BD88 #5352BD #BD5286

split-complementary

#BCBD52 #5286BD #8852BD

monochromatic

#6B6C29 #97983A #BCBD52 #CDCE7E #DEDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BCBD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD52

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD52	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)

#CBB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.130 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d086',
    500: '#bcbd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd52;
$custom-light: #d3d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.561,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77629,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD52

secondary

#9F9ECC

accent

#53D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD52

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

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