#BCB04D#BCB04D

#BCB04D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.121 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB04D
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -8.21, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 51.78, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.026 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.121 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6053, 42.2793, 13.1996)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB04D #4D59BC

analogous

#BC794D #BCB04D #90BC4D

triadic

#BCB04D #4DBCB0 #B04DBC

tetradic

#BCB04D #4DBC79 #4D59BC #BC4D90

square

#BCB04D #4DBC79 #4D59BC #BC4D90

split-complementary

#BCB04D #4D90BC #794DBC

monochromatic

#686127 #948A38 #BCB04D #CDC479 #DDD7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCB04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB04D

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB04D	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.121 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c782',
    500: '#bcb04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb04d;
$custom-light: #d3c782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74772,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB04D

secondary

#9A9FCB

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB04D

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

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