#BCBF49#BCBF49

#BCBF49 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 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF49
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -16.19, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 59.55, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0491 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.14 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5736, 48.4350, 13.5136)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF49 #4C49BF

analogous

#BF8749 #BCBF49 #81BF49

triadic

#BCBF49 #49BCBF #BF49BC

tetradic

#BCBF49 #49BF87 #4C49BF #BF4981

square

#BCBF49 #49BF87 #4C49BF #BF4981

split-complementary

#BCBF49 #4981BF #8749BF

monochromatic

#676925 #949635 #BCBF49 #CDCF76 #DDDFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BCBF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF49

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF49	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.140 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d281',
    500: '#bcbf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf49;
$custom-light: #d3d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.525,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77975,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF49

secondary

#9998CC

accent

#50D854

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF49

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

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