#BCB33B#BCB33B

#BCB33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.138 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB33B
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -10.91, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 60.52, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0357 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.138 105)
XYZ	xyz(37.6500, 43.2487, 10.5014)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB33B #3B44BC

analogous

#BC723B #BCB33B #84BC3B

triadic

#BCB33B #3BBCB3 #B33BBC

tetradic

#BCB33B #3BBC72 #3B44BC #BC3B84

square

#BCB33B #3BBC72 #3B44BC #BC3B84

split-complementary

#BCB33B #3B84BC #723BBC

monochromatic

#5F5A1E #8D872C #BCB33B #CFC765 #DDD894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BCB33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB33B

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB33B	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.138 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c978',
    500: '#bcb33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb33b;
$custom-light: #d3c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75249,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB33B

secondary

#8A8EC9

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB33B

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

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