#BCB13C#BCB13C

#BCB13C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB13C
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -9.82, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 59.41, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0325 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2783, 42.4633, 10.5067)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB13C #3C47BC

analogous

#BC713C #BCB13C #87BC3C

triadic

#BCB13C #3CBCB1 #B13CBC

tetradic

#BCB13C #3CBC71 #3C47BC #BC3C87

square

#BCB13C #3CBC71 #3C47BC #BC3C87

split-complementary

#BCB13C #3C87BC #713CBC

monochromatic

#5F5A1E #8E852D #BCB13C #CEC667 #DDD795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB13C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BCB13C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB13C

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB13C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB13C	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)

#C0AB2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb13c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c878',
    500: '#bcb13c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb13c;
$custom-light: #d3c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb13c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74826,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB13C

secondary

#8B90C9

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB13C

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

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