#BCBF50#BCBF50

#BCBF50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.134 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF50
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 80)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -15.70, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 56.55, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.047 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.134 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8189, 48.5331, 14.8054)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF50 #5350BF

analogous

#BF8B50 #BCBF50 #84BF50

triadic

#BCBF50 #50BCBF #BF50BC

tetradic

#BCBF50 #50BF8B #5350BF #BF5084

square

#BCBF50 #50BF8B #5350BF #BF5084

split-complementary

#BCBF50 #5084BF #8B50BF

monochromatic

#6B6D28 #979A38 #BCBF50 #CDCF7D #DEE0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCBF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF50

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF50	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.134 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d285',
    500: '#bcbf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf50;
$custom-light: #d3d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78043,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF50

secondary

#9F9DCD

accent

#52D655

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF50

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

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