#BCB33C#BCB33C

#BCB33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.137 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB33C
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -10.86, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 60.13, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0355 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.137 105)
XYZ	xyz(37.6762, 43.2592, 10.6393)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB33C #3C45BC

analogous

#BC733C #BCB33C #85BC3C

triadic

#BCB33C #3CBCB3 #B33CBC

tetradic

#BCB33C #3CBC73 #3C45BC #BC3C85

square

#BCB33C #3CBC73 #3C45BC #BC3C85

split-complementary

#BCB33C #3C85BC #733CBC

monochromatic

#5F5B1E #8E872D #BCB33C #CEC767 #DDD895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB33C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BCB33C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB33C

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB33C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB33C	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)

#C2AD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.137 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c979',
    500: '#bcb33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb33c;
$custom-light: #d3c979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75257,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB33C

secondary

#8B8FC9

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB33C

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

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