#BCB33D#BCB33D

#BCB33D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB33D
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -10.80, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 59.73, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0352 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.136 105)
XYZ	xyz(37.7029, 43.2699, 10.7799)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB33D #3D46BC

analogous

#BC743D #BCB33D #86BC3D

triadic

#BCB33D #3DBCB3 #B33DBC

tetradic

#BCB33D #3DBC74 #3D46BC #BC3D86

square

#BCB33D #3DBC74 #3D46BC #BC3D86

split-complementary

#BCB33D #3D86BC #743DBC

monochromatic

#605B1F #8E872E #BCB33D #CEC768 #DDD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BCB33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB33D

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB33D	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)

#C2AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c979',
    500: '#bcb33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb33d;
$custom-light: #d3c979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75265,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB33D

secondary

#8C90C9

accent

#57DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB33D

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

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