#BCB33E#BCB33E

#BCB33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB33E
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -10.74, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 59.33, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0349 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.136 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7301, 43.2808, 10.9231)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB33E #3E47BC

analogous

#BC743E #BCB33E #86BC3E

triadic

#BCB33E #3EBCB3 #B33EBC

tetradic

#BCB33E #3EBC74 #3E47BC #BC3E86

square

#BCB33E #3EBC74 #3E47BC #BC3E86

split-complementary

#BCB33E #3E86BC #743EBC

monochromatic

#605B20 #8E872F #BCB33E #CEC76A #DDD898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BCB33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB33E

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB33E	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97a',
    500: '#bcb33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb33e;
$custom-light: #d3c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75273,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB33E

secondary

#8D91C9

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB33E

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

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