#BCB53A#BCB53A

#BCB53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.140 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB53A
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -11.99, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 61.63, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0389 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.14 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0281, 44.0460, 10.5007)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB53A #3A41BC

analogous

#BC743A #BCB53A #82BC3A

triadic

#BCB53A #3ABCB5 #B53ABC

tetradic

#BCB53A #3ABC74 #3A41BC #BC3A82

square

#BCB53A #3ABC74 #3A41BC #BC3A82

split-complementary

#BCB53A #3A82BC #743ABC

monochromatic

#5E5B1D #8D882C #BCB53A #CFC964 #DEDA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BCB53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB53A

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB53A	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.140 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca78',
    500: '#bcb53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb53a;
$custom-light: #d4ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75673,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB53A

secondary

#898CC9

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB53A

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

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