#BCBF59#BCBF59

#BCBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.126 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF59
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -14.99, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 52.51, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.044 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.126 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1740, 48.6752, 16.6755)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF59 #5C59BF

analogous

#BF8F59 #BCBF59 #89BF59

triadic

#BCBF59 #59BCBF #BF59BC

tetradic

#BCBF59 #59BF8F #5C59BF #BF5989

square

#BCBF59 #59BF8F #5C59BF #BF5989

split-complementary

#BCBF59 #5989BF #8F59BF

monochromatic

#70722C #9B9E3D #BCBF59 #CED085 #E0E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF59

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF59	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)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.126 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d28b',
    500: '#bcbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf59;
$custom-light: #d2d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78143,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF59

secondary

#A6A4CF

accent

#54D458

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF59

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

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