#BCBF33#BCBF33

#BCBF33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.155 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF33
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -17.41, 65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 67.87, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0548 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.155 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9688, 48.1931, 10.3281)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF33 #3633BF

analogous

#BF7C33 #BCBF33 #76BF33

triadic

#BCBF33 #33BCBF #BF33BC

tetradic

#BCBF33 #33BF7C #3633BF #BF3376

square

#BCBF33 #33BF7C #3633BF #BF3376

split-complementary

#BCBF33 #3376BF #7C33BF

monochromatic

#5D5E19 #8C8F26 #BCBF33 #D1D35C #DFE08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCBF33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF33

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF33	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.155 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d275',
    500: '#bcbf33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf33;
$custom-light: #d4d275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77805,
    "c": 0.15454,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF33

secondary

#8583CB

accent

#47E14A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF33

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

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