#BCBF44#BCBF44

#BCBF44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.143 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF44
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 68)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 64.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -16.51, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 61.60, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0506 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.143 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4145, 48.3714, 12.6754)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF44 #4744BF

analogous

#BF8444 #BCBF44 #7FBF44

triadic

#BCBF44 #44BCBF #BF44BC

tetradic

#BCBF44 #44BF84 #4744BF #BF447F

square

#BCBF44 #44BF84 #4744BF #BF447F

split-complementary

#BCBF44 #447FBF #8444BF

monochromatic

#646623 #919332 #BCBF44 #CCCF72 #DDDE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BCBF44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF44

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF44	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)

#CDB734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.143 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27e',
    500: '#bcbf44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf44;
$custom-light: #d3d27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7793,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF44

secondary

#9594CB

accent

#4FD953

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF44

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

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