#BCB03D#BCB03D

#BCB03D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.134 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB03D
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -9.24, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 58.65, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0308 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.134 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1082, 42.0804, 10.5816)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB03D #3D49BC

analogous

#BC713D #BCB03D #89BC3D

triadic

#BCB03D #3DBCB0 #B03DBC

tetradic

#BCB03D #3DBC71 #3D49BC #BC3D89

square

#BCB03D #3DBC71 #3D49BC #BC3D89

split-complementary

#BCB03D #3D89BC #713DBC

monochromatic

#60591F #8E852E #BCB03D #CEC468 #DDD696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BCB03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB03D

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB03D	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.134 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c779',
    500: '#bcb03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb03d;
$custom-light: #d3c779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB03D

secondary

#8C92C9

accent

#5BDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB03D

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

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