#BCBF3D#BCBF3D

#BCBF3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.148 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF3D
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 68.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -16.92, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 64.32, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0524 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.148 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2134, 48.2910, 11.6167)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF3D #403DBF

analogous

#BF813D #BCBF3D #7BBF3D

triadic

#BCBF3D #3DBCBF #BF3DBC

tetradic

#BCBF3D #3DBF81 #403DBF #BF3D7B

square

#BCBF3D #3DBF81 #403DBF #BF3D7B

split-complementary

#BCBF3D #3D7BBF #813DBF

monochromatic

#61621F #8E912E #BCBF3D #CDCF6A #DDDE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCBF3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF3D

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF3D	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)

#CEB729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.148 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27a',
    500: '#bcbf3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf3d;
$custom-light: #d3d27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77873,
    "c": 0.14834,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF3D

secondary

#8F8ECA

accent

#4DDB50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF3D

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

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