#BCB53D#BCB53D

#BCB53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.138 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB53D
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -11.83, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 60.47, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0381 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.138 106)
XYZ	xyz(38.1067, 44.0774, 10.9145)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB53D #3D44BC

analogous

#BC763D #BCB53D #84BC3D

triadic

#BCB53D #3DBCB5 #B53DBC

tetradic

#BCB53D #3DBC76 #3D44BC #BC3D84

square

#BCB53D #3DBC76 #3D44BC #BC3D84

split-complementary

#BCB53D #3D84BC #763DBC

monochromatic

#605C1F #8E892E #BCB53D #CEC868 #DDD996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCB53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB53D

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB53D	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.138 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca79',
    500: '#bcb53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb53d;
$custom-light: #d3ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75697,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.44076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB53D

secondary

#8C90C9

accent

#55DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB53D

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

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