#BCBD58#BCBD58

#BCBD58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.124 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD58
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 88)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -14.06, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 52.08, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0415 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.124 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6991, 47.7921, 16.3115)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD58 #5958BD

analogous

#BD8C58 #BCBD58 #8ABD58

triadic

#BCBD58 #58BCBD #BD58BC

tetradic

#BCBD58 #58BD8C #5958BD #BD588A

square

#BCBD58 #58BD8C #5958BD #BD588A

split-complementary

#BCBD58 #588ABD #8C58BD

monochromatic

#6E6F2C #9A9B3D #BCBD58 #CECE84 #DFE0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCBD58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD58

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD58	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)

#CAB64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.124 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08a',
    500: '#bcbd58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd58;
$custom-light: #d2d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.594,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77697,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD58

secondary

#A3A3CE

accent

#55D356

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD58

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

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