#BCBF52#BCBF52

#BCBF52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.132 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF52
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 82)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -15.55, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 55.67, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0463 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.132 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8939, 48.5631, 15.2004)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF52 #5552BF

analogous

#BF8B52 #BCBF52 #85BF52

triadic

#BCBF52 #52BCBF #BF52BC

tetradic

#BCBF52 #52BF8B #5552BF #BF5285

square

#BCBF52 #52BF8B #5552BF #BF5285

split-complementary

#BCBF52 #5285BF #8B52BF

monochromatic

#6C6E29 #989B39 #BCBF52 #CDD07F #DFE0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBF52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCBF52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF52

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF52	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)

#CDB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.132 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d287',
    500: '#bcbf52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf52;
$custom-light: #d3d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.651,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78064,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF52

secondary

#A09FCE

accent

#52D656

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF52

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

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