#BCBF51#BCBF51

#BCBF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.133 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF51
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -15.62, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 56.11, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0467 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.133 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8561, 48.5480, 15.0015)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF51 #5451BF

analogous

#BF8B51 #BCBF51 #85BF51

triadic

#BCBF51 #51BCBF #BF51BC

tetradic

#BCBF51 #51BF8B #5451BF #BF5185

square

#BCBF51 #51BF8B #5451BF #BF5185

split-complementary

#BCBF51 #5185BF #8B51BF

monochromatic

#6B6D28 #979A39 #BCBF51 #CDCF7E #DEE0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCBF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF51

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF51	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)

#CDB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.133 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d286',
    500: '#bcbf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf51;
$custom-light: #d3d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78054,
    "c": 0.13288,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF51

secondary

#A09ECE

accent

#52D656

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF51

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

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