#BCBF48#BCBF48

#BCBF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.140 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF48
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 72)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -16.26, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 59.96, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0494 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.14 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5407, 48.4219, 13.3404)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF48 #4B48BF

analogous

#BF8748 #BCBF48 #81BF48

triadic

#BCBF48 #48BCBF #BF48BC

tetradic

#BCBF48 #48BF87 #4B48BF #BF4881

square

#BCBF48 #48BF87 #4B48BF #BF4881

split-complementary

#BCBF48 #4881BF #8748BF

monochromatic

#666824 #939634 #BCBF48 #CDCF75 #DDDFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BCBF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF48

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF48	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)

#CDB739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.140 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d280',
    500: '#bcbf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf48;
$custom-light: #d3d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.513,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77965,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF48

secondary

#9997CC

accent

#50D853

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF48

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

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