#BCBF5E#BCBF5E

#BCBF5E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF5E
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 94)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -14.56, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 50.18, 106.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0423 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.121 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3911, 48.7620, 17.8191)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF5E #615EBF

analogous

#BF915E #BCBF5E #8BBF5E

triadic

#BCBF5E #5EBCBF #BF5EBC

tetradic

#BCBF5E #5EBF91 #615EBF #BF5E8B

square

#BCBF5E #5EBF91 #615EBF #BF5E8B

split-complementary

#BCBF5E #5E8BBF #915EBF

monochromatic

#72742E #9DA040 #BCBF5E #CED08A #E0E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBF5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCBF5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF5E

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF5E	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)

#CCB855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d28e',
    500: '#bcbf5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf5e;
$custom-light: #d2d28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.856,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78204,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF5E

secondary

#AAA8D0

accent

#55D359

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF5E

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

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