#BCBF5B#BCBF5B

#BCBF5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.124 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF5B
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -14.82, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 51.58, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0433 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.124 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2591, 48.7092, 17.1239)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF5B #5E5BBF

analogous

#BF905B #BCBF5B #8ABF5B

triadic

#BCBF5B #5BBCBF #BF5BBC

tetradic

#BCBF5B #5BBF90 #5E5BBF #BF5B8A

square

#BCBF5B #5BBF90 #5E5BBF #BF5B8A

split-complementary

#BCBF5B #5B8ABF #905BBF

monochromatic

#71732D #9C9F3E #BCBF5B #CED087 #E0E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BCBF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF5B

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF5B	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)

#CCB851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.124 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d28c',
    500: '#bcbf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf5b;
$custom-light: #d2d28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78167,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF5B

secondary

#A7A6D0

accent

#54D458

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF5B

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

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