#BCBF36#BCBF36

#BCBF36 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	#BCBF36
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -17.27, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 66.85, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0541 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.153 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0371, 48.2204, 10.6877)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF36 #3936BF

analogous

#BF7D36 #BCBF36 #77BF36

triadic

#BCBF36 #36BCBF #BF36BC

tetradic

#BCBF36 #36BF7D #3936BF #BF3677

square

#BCBF36 #36BF7D #3936BF #BF3677

split-complementary

#BCBF36 #3677BF #7D36BF

monochromatic

#5E601B #8D8F29 #BCBF36 #D0D260 #DEE090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCBF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF36

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF36	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)

#CEB71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.153 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d277',
    500: '#bcbf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf36;
$custom-light: #d4d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77824,
    "c": 0.15279,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF36

secondary

#8887CA

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF36

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

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