#BCB53E#BCB53E

#BCB53E 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	#BCB53E
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -11.78, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 60.07, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0378 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.138 106)
XYZ	xyz(38.1338, 44.0883, 11.0577)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB53E #3E45BC

analogous

#BC763E #BCB53E #84BC3E

triadic

#BCB53E #3EBCB5 #B53EBC

tetradic

#BCB53E #3EBC76 #3E45BC #BC3E84

square

#BCB53E #3EBC76 #3E45BC #BC3E84

split-complementary

#BCB53E #3E84BC #763EBC

monochromatic

#605C20 #8E892F #BCB53E #CEC86A #DDD998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCB53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB53E

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB53E	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)

#C4AE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.138 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7a',
    500: '#bcb53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb53e;
$custom-light: #d3ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75705,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.44087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB53E

secondary

#8D91C9

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB53E

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

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