#BCB14D#BCB14D

#BCB14D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.122 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB14D
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -8.73, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 52.16, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0275 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.122 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8021, 42.6728, 13.2652)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB14D #4D58BC

analogous

#BC7A4D #BCB14D #90BC4D

triadic

#BCB14D #4DBCB1 #B14DBC

tetradic

#BCB14D #4DBC7A #4D58BC #BC4D90

square

#BCB14D #4DBC7A #4D58BC #BC4D90

split-complementary

#BCB14D #4D90BC #7A4DBC

monochromatic

#686127 #948B38 #BCB14D #CDC479 #DDD8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BCB14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB14D

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB14D	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.122 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c882',
    500: '#bcb14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb14d;
$custom-light: #d3c882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.054,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74986,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB14D

secondary

#9A9FCB

accent

#60D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB14D

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

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