#BCBF38#BCBF38

#BCBF38 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	#BCBF38
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -17.18, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 66.15, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0536 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.152 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0850, 48.2396, 10.9402)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF38 #3B38BF

analogous

#BF7E38 #BCBF38 #78BF38

triadic

#BCBF38 #38BCBF #BF38BC

tetradic

#BCBF38 #38BF7E #3B38BF #BF3878

square

#BCBF38 #38BF7E #3B38BF #BF3878

split-complementary

#BCBF38 #3878BF #7E38BF

monochromatic

#5F601C #8D902A #BCBF38 #CFD163 #DDDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCBF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF38

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF38	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)

#CEB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.152 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d278',
    500: '#bcbf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf38;
$custom-light: #d4d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77837,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF38

secondary

#8A89CA

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF38

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

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