#BCBD59#BCBD59

#BCBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.123 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD59
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -13.97, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 51.62, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0411 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.123 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7408, 47.8088, 16.5312)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD59 #5A59BD

analogous

#BD8C59 #BCBD59 #8ABD59

triadic

#BCBD59 #59BCBD #BD59BC

tetradic

#BCBD59 #59BD8C #5A59BD #BD598A

square

#BCBD59 #59BD8C #5A59BD #BD598A

split-complementary

#BCBD59 #598ABD #8C59BD

monochromatic

#6F6F2C #9A9B3E #BCBD59 #CECE85 #DFE0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD59

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD59	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)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.123 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08b',
    500: '#bcbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd59;
$custom-light: #d2d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77709,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD59

secondary

#A4A4CE

accent

#55D356

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD59

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

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