#BCBF57#BCBF57

#BCBF57 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	#BCBF57
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -15.15, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 53.42, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0447 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.128 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0911, 48.6420, 16.2392)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF57 #5A57BF

analogous

#BF8E57 #BCBF57 #88BF57

triadic

#BCBF57 #57BCBF #BF57BC

tetradic

#BCBF57 #57BF8E #5A57BF #BF5788

square

#BCBF57 #57BF8E #5A57BF #BF5788

split-complementary

#BCBF57 #5788BF #8E57BF

monochromatic

#6F712B #9A9D3C #BCBF57 #CED083 #DFE1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCBF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF57

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF57	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)

#CCB84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.128 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d28a',
    500: '#bcbf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf57;
$custom-light: #d2d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.731,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7812,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF57

secondary

#A4A3CF

accent

#53D557

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF57

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

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