#BCBF3A#BCBF3A

#BCBF3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.150 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF3A
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 58)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 69.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -17.08, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 65.43, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0532 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.15 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1349, 48.2595, 11.2030)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF3A #3D3ABF

analogous

#BF803A #BCBF3A #7ABF3A

triadic

#BCBF3A #3ABCBF #BF3ABC

tetradic

#BCBF3A #3ABF80 #3D3ABF #BF3A7A

square

#BCBF3A #3ABF80 #3D3ABF #BF3A7A

split-complementary

#BCBF3A #3A7ABF #803ABF

monochromatic

#60611D #8E902C #BCBF3A #CED066 #DDDF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCBF3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF3A

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF3A	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)

#CEB724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.150 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d279',
    500: '#bcbf3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf3a;
$custom-light: #d4d279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77851,
    "c": 0.1503,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF3A

secondary

#8C8BCA

accent

#4BDD4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF3A

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

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