#bcbd48

Color #bcbd48

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 19.02 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbd48

RGB

rgb(188, 189, 72)

HSL

hsl(60.5, 47%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60.5, 61.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.9%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(74.54, -15.24, 57.14)

LCH

lch(74.54, 59.14, 104.93)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.1382, 109.71)

HWB

hwb(60.5, 28.2%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4948bd

Analogous

#bd8448

#bcbd48

#82bd48

Triadic

#bcbd48

#48bcbd

#bd48bc

Split-complementary

#bcbd48

#4882bd

#8448bd

Tetradic

#bcbd48

#48bd49

#4948bd

#bd48bc

Square

#bcbd48

#48bd84

#4948bd

#bd4882

Shades

Color #bcbd48 mixed toward black.

#9fa03a

#7f802e

#5f6023

#404017

#20200c

Tints

Color #bcbd48 mixed toward white.

#c7c867

#d2d385

#dedea4

#e9e9c2

#f4f4e1

Tones

Color #bcbd48 mixed toward gray.

#b2b352

#a9aa5c

#9fa065

#96966f

#8c8c79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbc73 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#bcbc7b · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#bc8b8f · ΔE 39.5

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbd48;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbd48]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bcbd48 (#bcbd48) is rgb(188, 189, 72) in RGB.

No, #bcbd48 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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