#BCBF53#BCBF53

#BCBF53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.131 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF53
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -15.47, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 55.22, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.046 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.131 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9322, 48.5785, 15.4023)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF53 #5653BF

analogous

#BF8C53 #BCBF53 #86BF53

triadic

#BCBF53 #53BCBF #BF53BC

tetradic

#BCBF53 #53BF8C #5653BF #BF5386

square

#BCBF53 #53BF8C #5653BF #BF5386

split-complementary

#BCBF53 #5386BF #8C53BF

monochromatic

#6D6E29 #989B3A #BCBF53 #CDD080 #DFE0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BCBF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF53

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF53	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.131 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d287',
    500: '#bcbf53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf53;
$custom-light: #d2d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78075,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF53

secondary

#A1A0CE

accent

#52D556

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF53

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

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