#BCBD54#BCBD54

#BCBD54 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.128 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD54
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 84)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -14.38, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 53.91, 105.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0428 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.128 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5379, 47.7277, 15.4627)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD54 #5554BD

analogous

#BD8954 #BCBD54 #87BD54

triadic

#BCBD54 #54BCBD #BD54BC

tetradic

#BCBD54 #54BD89 #5554BD #BD5487

square

#BCBD54 #54BD89 #5554BD #BD5487

split-complementary

#BCBD54 #5487BD #8954BD

monochromatic

#6C6D2A #98993B #BCBD54 #CDCE80 #DFDFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCBD54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD54

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD54	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.128 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d088',
    500: '#bcbd54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd54;
$custom-light: #d2d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.571,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77651,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD54

secondary

#A0A0CD

accent

#54D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD54

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

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