#BCBF5D#BCBF5D

#BCBF5D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.122 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF5D
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 93)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 51.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -14.65, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 50.65, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0426 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.122 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3465, 48.7442, 17.5843)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF5D #605DBF

analogous

#BF915D #BCBF5D #8BBF5D

triadic

#BCBF5D #5DBCBF #BF5DBC

tetradic

#BCBF5D #5DBF91 #605DBF #BF5D8B

square

#BCBF5D #5DBF91 #605DBF #BF5D8B

split-complementary

#BCBF5D #5D8BBF #915DBF

monochromatic

#72742E #9DA03F #BCBF5D #CED089 #E0E2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBF5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCBF5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF5D

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF5D	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.122 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d28e',
    500: '#bcbf5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf5d;
$custom-light: #d2d28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.837,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78191,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF5D

secondary

#A9A8D0

accent

#55D359

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF5D

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

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