#BCBF40#BCBF40

#BCBF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.146 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF40
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -16.75, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 63.17, 105.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0516 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.146 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2965, 48.3242, 12.0543)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF40 #4340BF

analogous

#BF8240 #BCBF40 #7DBF40

triadic

#BCBF40 #40BCBF #BF40BC

tetradic

#BCBF40 #40BF82 #4340BF #BF407D

square

#BCBF40 #40BF82 #4340BF #BF407D

split-complementary

#BCBF40 #407DBF #8240BF

monochromatic

#626321 #8F9131 #BCBF40 #CCCE6E #DCDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCBF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF40

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF40	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)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.146 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27c',
    500: '#bcbf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf40;
$custom-light: #d3d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.417,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77897,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF40

secondary

#9291CA

accent

#4ED952

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF40

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

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