#BCBF55#BCBF55

#BCBF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.129 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF55
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -15.31, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 54.33, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0454 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.129 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0106, 48.6098, 15.8149)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF55 #5855BF

analogous

#BF8D55 #BCBF55 #87BF55

triadic

#BCBF55 #55BCBF #BF55BC

tetradic

#BCBF55 #55BF8D #5855BF #BF5587

square

#BCBF55 #55BF8D #5855BF #BF5587

split-complementary

#BCBF55 #5587BF #8D55BF

monochromatic

#6E702A #999C3B #BCBF55 #CED081 #DFE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BCBF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF55

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF55	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)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.129 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d288',
    500: '#bcbf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf55;
$custom-light: #d2d288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.698,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78097,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF55

secondary

#A3A1CE

accent

#53D557

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF55

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

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