#BCBF41#BCBF41

#BCBF41 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 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF41
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 66%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -16.69, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 62.78, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0514 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.146 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3252, 48.3357, 12.2055)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF41 #4441BF

analogous

#BF8341 #BCBF41 #7DBF41

triadic

#BCBF41 #41BCBF #BF41BC

tetradic

#BCBF41 #41BF83 #4441BF #BF417D

square

#BCBF41 #41BF83 #4441BF #BF417D

split-complementary

#BCBF41 #417DBF #8341BF

monochromatic

#626422 #8F9231 #BCBF41 #CCCE6F #DCDE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BCBF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF41

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF41	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.146 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27c',
    500: '#bcbf41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf41;
$custom-light: #d3d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77905,
    "c": 0.14556,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF41

secondary

#9392CA

accent

#4FD952

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF41

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

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