#BCB13A#BCB13A

#BCB13A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.137 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB13A
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -9.93, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 60.19, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0331 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.137 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.2264, 42.4426, 10.2335)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB13A #3A45BC

analogous

#BC703A #BCB13A #86BC3A

triadic

#BCB13A #3ABCB1 #B13ABC

tetradic

#BCB13A #3ABC70 #3A45BC #BC3A86

square

#BCB13A #3ABC70 #3A45BC #BC3A86

split-complementary

#BCB13A #3A86BC #703ABC

monochromatic

#5E591D #8D852C #BCB13A #CFC664 #DED793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB13A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BCB13A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB13A

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB13A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB13A	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb13a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.137 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c877',
    500: '#bcb13a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb13a;
$custom-light: #d4c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb13a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7481,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.42441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB13A

secondary

#898EC9

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB13A

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

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