#BCB43D#BCB43D

#BCB43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB43D
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -11.32, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 60.10, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0366 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9041, 43.6722, 10.8469)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB43D #3D45BC

analogous

#BC753D #BCB43D #85BC3D

triadic

#BCB43D #3DBCB4 #B43DBC

tetradic

#BCB43D #3DBC75 #3D45BC #BC3D85

square

#BCB43D #3DBC75 #3D45BC #BC3D85

split-complementary

#BCB43D #3D85BC #753DBC

monochromatic

#605C1F #8E882E #BCB43D #CEC868 #DDD996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BCB43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB43D

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB43D	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca79',
    500: '#bcb43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb43d;
$custom-light: #d3ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75481,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB43D

secondary

#8C90C9

accent

#56DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB43D

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

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