#BCBF4E#BCBF4E

#BCBF4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.135 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF4E
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -15.84, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 57.42, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0476 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.135 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7461, 48.5040, 14.4221)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF4E #514EBF

analogous

#BF894E #BCBF4E #83BF4E

triadic

#BCBF4E #4EBCBF #BF4EBC

tetradic

#BCBF4E #4EBF89 #514EBF #BF4E83

square

#BCBF4E #4EBF89 #514EBF #BF4E83

split-complementary

#BCBF4E #4E83BF #894EBF

monochromatic

#6A6C27 #969937 #BCBF4E #CDCF7B #DEE0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCBF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF4E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF4E	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.135 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d284',
    500: '#bcbf4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf4e;
$custom-light: #d3d284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.593,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78023,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF4E

secondary

#9D9CCD

accent

#51D755

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF4E

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

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