#BCBF2B#BCBF2B
#BCBF2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.159 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BCBF2B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(188, 191, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 63%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 77%, 75%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 77.5%, 25.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.91, -17.74, 68.10) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.91, 70.37, 104.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.76% -0.0563 0.1484) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.76% 0.159 110.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.8073, 48.1285, 9.4778) |
| Luminance | 0.4813 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 2.46
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.73
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.81
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 3.16
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.16
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BCBF2B #2E2BBF
analogous
#BF782B #BCBF2B #72BF2B
triadic
#BCBF2B #2BBCBF #BF2BBC
tetradic
#BCBF2B #2BBF78 #2E2BBF #BF2B72
square
#BCBF2B #2BBF78 #2E2BBF #BF2B72
split-complementary
#BCBF2B #2B72BF #782BBF
monochromatic
#5A5B15 #8B8D20 #BCBF2B #D5D850 #E1E382
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.98
#BCBF2B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.63
#BCBF2B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BCBF2B
10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BCBF2B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BCBF2B | 1.00 | 1.98 | 10.63 | 10.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.98 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB600
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BA38
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C9B3A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bcbf2b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 43); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.159 110.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d4d271',
500: '#bcbf2b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bcbf2b; $custom-light: #d4d271; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bcbf2b",
"rgb": {
"r": 188,
"g": 191,
"b": 43
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.216,
"s": 63.248,
"l": 45.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77759,
"c": 0.15874,
"h": 110.8
},
"luminance": 0.48127
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BCBF2B
secondary
#7C7ACC
accent
#42E645
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9ED
border
#D4D2C8
text
#151409
muted
#83827B