#BCB13D#BCB13D

#BCB13D 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	#BCB13D
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -9.76, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 59.01, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0323 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3050, 42.4740, 10.6472)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB13D #3D48BC

analogous

#BC723D #BCB13D #88BC3D

triadic

#BCB13D #3DBCB1 #B13DBC

tetradic

#BCB13D #3DBC72 #3D48BC #BC3D88

square

#BCB13D #3DBC72 #3D48BC #BC3D88

split-complementary

#BCB13D #3D88BC #723DBC

monochromatic

#605A1F #8E852E #BCB13D #CEC568 #DDD796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB13D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BCB13D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB13D

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB13D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB13D	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)

#C0AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb13d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c879',
    500: '#bcb13d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb13d;
$custom-light: #d3c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb13d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74834,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB13D

secondary

#8C91C9

accent

#5ADA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB13D

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

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