#BCBD57#BCBD57

#BCBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.125 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD57
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -14.14, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 52.54, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0418 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.125 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6580, 47.7757, 16.0948)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD57 #5857BD

analogous

#BD8B57 #BCBD57 #89BD57

triadic

#BCBD57 #57BCBD #BD57BC

tetradic

#BCBD57 #57BD8B #5857BD #BD5789

square

#BCBD57 #57BD8B #5857BD #BD5789

split-complementary

#BCBD57 #5789BD #8B57BD

monochromatic

#6E6E2B #999A3D #BCBD57 #CECE83 #DFE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD57

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD57	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.125 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08a',
    500: '#bcbd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd57;
$custom-light: #d2d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.588,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77685,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD57

secondary

#A3A2CE

accent

#54D356

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD57

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

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