#BCBF37#BCBF37

#BCBF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.152 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF37
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -17.23, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 66.50, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0539 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.152 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0608, 48.2299, 10.8127)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF37 #3A37BF

analogous

#BF7E37 #BCBF37 #78BF37

triadic

#BCBF37 #37BCBF #BF37BC

tetradic

#BCBF37 #37BF7E #3A37BF #BF3778

square

#BCBF37 #37BF7E #3A37BF #BF3778

split-complementary

#BCBF37 #3778BF #7E37BF

monochromatic

#5E601C #8D8F29 #BCBF37 #CFD262 #DEDF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCBF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF37

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF37	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.152 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d277',
    500: '#bcbf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf37;
$custom-light: #d4d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7783,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF37

secondary

#8988CA

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF37

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

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