#BCBF35#BCBF35

#BCBF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.153 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF35
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -17.32, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 67.19, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0543 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.153 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0138, 48.2111, 10.5653)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF35 #3835BF

analogous

#BF7D35 #BCBF35 #77BF35

triadic

#BCBF35 #35BCBF #BF35BC

tetradic

#BCBF35 #35BF7D #3835BF #BF3577

square

#BCBF35 #35BF7D #3835BF #BF3577

split-complementary

#BCBF35 #3577BF #7D35BF

monochromatic

#5E5F1A #8D8F28 #BCBF35 #D0D35F #DEE08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCBF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF35

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF35	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)

#CEB71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.153 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d276',
    500: '#bcbf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf35;
$custom-light: #d4d276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77817,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF35

secondary

#8785CA

accent

#48E04B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF35

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

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