#BCBF3C#BCBF3C

#BCBF3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.149 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF3C
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 60)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 68.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -16.97, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 64.69, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0527 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.149 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1868, 48.2803, 11.4762)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF3C #3F3CBF

analogous

#BF813C #BCBF3C #7BBF3C

triadic

#BCBF3C #3CBCBF #BF3CBC

tetradic

#BCBF3C #3CBF81 #3F3CBF #BF3C7B

square

#BCBF3C #3CBF81 #3F3CBF #BF3C7B

split-complementary

#BCBF3C #3C7BBF #813CBF

monochromatic

#60621F #8E902D #BCBF3C #CDD068 #DDDE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCBF3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF3C

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF3C	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.149 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27a',
    500: '#bcbf3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf3c;
$custom-light: #d3d27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77866,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF3C

secondary

#8E8DCA

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF3C

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

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