#BCB03A#BCB03A

#BCB03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.136 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB03A
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 58)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -9.41, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 59.84, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0316 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.136 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0296, 42.0490, 10.1679)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB03A #3A46BC

analogous

#BC6F3A #BCB03A #87BC3A

triadic

#BCB03A #3ABCB0 #B03ABC

tetradic

#BCB03A #3ABC6F #3A46BC #BC3A87

square

#BCB03A #3ABC6F #3A46BC #BC3A87

split-complementary

#BCB03A #3A87BC #6F3ABC

monochromatic

#5E581D #8D842C #BCB03A #CFC564 #DED793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB03A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BCB03A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB03A

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB03A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB03A	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb03a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.136 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c777',
    500: '#bcb03a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb03a;
$custom-light: #d4c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb03a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74595,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB03A

secondary

#898FC9

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB03A

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

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