#BCBD55#BCBD55

#BCBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.127 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD55
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -14.30, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 53.45, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0425 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.127 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5774, 47.7434, 15.6705)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD55 #5655BD

analogous

#BD8A55 #BCBD55 #88BD55

triadic

#BCBD55 #55BCBD #BD55BC

tetradic

#BCBD55 #55BD8A #5655BD #BD5588

square

#BCBD55 #55BD8A #5655BD #BD5588

split-complementary

#BCBD55 #5588BD #8A55BD

monochromatic

#6D6D2A #98993C #BCBD55 #CDCE81 #DFDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD55

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD55	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)

#CAB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.127 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d088',
    500: '#bcbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd55;
$custom-light: #d2d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.577,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77662,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD55

secondary

#A1A1CD

accent

#54D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD55

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

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