#BCBF45#BCBF45

#BCBF45 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 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF45
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 63.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -16.45, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 61.19, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0503 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.143 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4452, 48.3837, 12.8375)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF45 #4845BF

analogous

#BF8545 #BCBF45 #7FBF45

triadic

#BCBF45 #45BCBF #BF45BC

tetradic

#BCBF45 #45BF85 #4845BF #BF457F

square

#BCBF45 #45BF85 #4845BF #BF457F

split-complementary

#BCBF45 #457FBF #8545BF

monochromatic

#656623 #929433 #BCBF45 #CCCF73 #DDDEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BCBF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF45

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF45	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.143 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27f',
    500: '#bcbf45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf45;
$custom-light: #d3d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77939,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF45

secondary

#9695CB

accent

#4FD853

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF45

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

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