#BCBF5A#BCBF5A

#BCBF5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.125 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF5A
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 90)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -14.90, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 52.04, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0437 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.125 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2163, 48.6921, 16.8982)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF5A #5D5ABF

analogous

#BF8F5A #BCBF5A #8ABF5A

triadic

#BCBF5A #5ABCBF #BF5ABC

tetradic

#BCBF5A #5ABF8F #5D5ABF #BF5A8A

square

#BCBF5A #5ABF8F #5D5ABF #BF5A8A

split-complementary

#BCBF5A #5A8ABF #8F5ABF

monochromatic

#70722C #9B9E3D #BCBF5A #CED086 #E0E1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBF5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BCBF5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF5A

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF5A	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.125 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d28c',
    500: '#bcbf5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf5a;
$custom-light: #d2d28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.782,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78155,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF5A

secondary

#A6A5D0

accent

#54D458

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF5A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →