#BCB13B#BCB13B

#BCB13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.136 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB13B
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -9.87, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 59.80, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0328 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.136 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.2521, 42.4529, 10.3688)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB13B #3B46BC

analogous

#BC703B #BCB13B #86BC3B

triadic

#BCB13B #3BBCB1 #B13BBC

tetradic

#BCB13B #3BBC70 #3B46BC #BC3B86

square

#BCB13B #3BBC70 #3B46BC #BC3B86

split-complementary

#BCB13B #3B86BC #703BBC

monochromatic

#5F591E #8D852C #BCB13B #CFC665 #DDD794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BCB13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB13B

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB13B	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)

#C1AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.136 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c878',
    500: '#bcb13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb13b;
$custom-light: #d4c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74818,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.42451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB13B

secondary

#8A8FC9

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB13B

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

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