#BCBF2E#BCBF2E

#BCBF2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.157 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF2E
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 75.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -17.63, 67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 69.47, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0558 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.157 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8644, 48.1513, 9.7784)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF2E #312EBF

analogous

#BF7A2E #BCBF2E #74BF2E

triadic

#BCBF2E #2EBCBF #BF2EBC

tetradic

#BCBF2E #2EBF7A #312EBF #BF2E74

square

#BCBF2E #2EBF7A #312EBF #BF2E74

split-complementary

#BCBF2E #2E74BF #7A2EBF

monochromatic

#5B5C16 #8B8E22 #BCBF2E #D3D654 #E0E286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBF2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCBF2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF2E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF2E	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)

#CEB606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.157 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d273',
    500: '#bcbf2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf2e;
$custom-light: #d4d273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.241,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77775,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF2E

secondary

#7F7ECB

accent

#44E447

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF2E

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

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