#BCBF34#BCBF34

#BCBF34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.154 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF34
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 52)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 72.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -17.37, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 67.53, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0545 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.154 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9910, 48.2020, 10.4455)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF34 #3734BF

analogous

#BF7C34 #BCBF34 #76BF34

triadic

#BCBF34 #34BCBF #BF34BC

tetradic

#BCBF34 #34BF7C #3734BF #BF3476

square

#BCBF34 #34BF7C #3734BF #BF3476

split-complementary

#BCBF34 #3476BF #7C34BF

monochromatic

#5D5F1A #8D8F27 #BCBF34 #D0D35D #DEE08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCBF34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF34

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF34	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)

#CEB618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.154 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d276',
    500: '#bcbf34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf34;
$custom-light: #d4d276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77811,
    "c": 0.15396,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF34

secondary

#8684CA

accent

#47E04B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF34

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

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