#BCBF61#BCBF61

#BCBF61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.118 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF61
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 49.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -14.29, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 48.76, 107.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0412 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.118 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5284, 48.8169, 18.5419)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF61 #6461BF

analogous

#BF9361 #BCBF61 #8DBF61

triadic

#BCBF61 #61BCBF #BF61BC

tetradic

#BCBF61 #61BF93 #6461BF #BF618D

square

#BCBF61 #61BF93 #6461BF #BF618D

split-complementary

#BCBF61 #618DBF #9361BF

monochromatic

#747630 #9EA141 #BCBF61 #CED18D #E1E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BCBF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF61

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF61	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.118 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d290',
    500: '#bcbf61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf61;
$custom-light: #d2d290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.915,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78242,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF61

secondary

#ACABD1

accent

#56D25A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF61

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

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