#BCBD56#BCBD56

#BCBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.126 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD56
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -14.22, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 53.00, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0422 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.126 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6174, 47.7594, 15.8812)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD56 #5756BD

analogous

#BD8B56 #BCBD56 #89BD56

triadic

#BCBD56 #56BCBD #BD56BC

tetradic

#BCBD56 #56BD8B #5756BD #BD5689

square

#BCBD56 #56BD8B #5756BD #BD5689

split-complementary

#BCBD56 #5689BD #8B56BD

monochromatic

#6D6E2B #999A3C #BCBD56 #CDCE82 #DFDFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD56

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD56	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)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.126 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d089',
    500: '#bcbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd56;
$custom-light: #d2d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.583,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77674,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD56

secondary

#A2A1CD

accent

#54D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD56

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

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