#BCB53B#BCB53B

#BCB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; 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	#BCB53B
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -11.94, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 61.25, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0386 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.14 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0538, 44.0562, 10.6360)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB53B #3B42BC

analogous

#BC743B #BCB53B #82BC3B

triadic

#BCB53B #3BBCB5 #B53BBC

tetradic

#BCB53B #3BBC74 #3B42BC #BC3B82

square

#BCB53B #3BBC74 #3B42BC #BC3B82

split-complementary

#BCB53B #3B82BC #743BBC

monochromatic

#5F5B1E #8D882C #BCB53B #CFC965 #DDD994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BCB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB53B

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB53B	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)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.140 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca78',
    500: '#bcb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb53b;
$custom-light: #d3ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75681,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB53B

secondary

#8A8EC9

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB53B

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

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