#BCBF56#BCBF56

#BCBF56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.128 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF56
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -15.23, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 53.88, 106.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.045 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.128 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0506, 48.6258, 16.0256)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF56 #5956BF

analogous

#BF8E56 #BCBF56 #88BF56

triadic

#BCBF56 #56BCBF #BF56BC

tetradic

#BCBF56 #56BF8E #5956BF #BF5688

square

#BCBF56 #56BF8E #5956BF #BF5688

split-complementary

#BCBF56 #5688BF #8E56BF

monochromatic

#6E702A #9A9D3B #BCBF56 #CED082 #DFE1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCBF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF56

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF56	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.128 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d289',
    500: '#bcbf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf56;
$custom-light: #d2d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78108,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF56

secondary

#A3A2CF

accent

#53D557

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF56

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

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