#BCBF42#BCBF42

#BCBF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.145 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF42
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -16.63, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 62.39, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0511 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.145 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3545, 48.3474, 12.3594)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF42 #4542BF

analogous

#BF8342 #BCBF42 #7DBF42

triadic

#BCBF42 #42BCBF #BF42BC

tetradic

#BCBF42 #42BF83 #4542BF #BF427D

square

#BCBF42 #42BF83 #4542BF #BF427D

split-complementary

#BCBF42 #427DBF #8342BF

monochromatic

#636522 #909232 #BCBF42 #CCCE70 #DCDE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BCBF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF42

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF42	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)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.145 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27d',
    500: '#bcbf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf42;
$custom-light: #d3d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.44,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77913,
    "c": 0.14485,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF42

secondary

#9493CA

accent

#4FD952

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →