#BCB54D#BCB54D

#BCB54D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB54D
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -10.81, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 53.73, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0334 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.126 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6037, 44.2762, 13.5324)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB54D #4D54BC

analogous

#BC7E4D #BCB54D #8CBC4D

triadic

#BCB54D #4DBCB5 #B54DBC

tetradic

#BCB54D #4DBC7E #4D54BC #BC4D8C

square

#BCB54D #4DBC7E #4D54BC #BC4D8C

split-complementary

#BCB54D #4D8CBC #7E4DBC

monochromatic

#686427 #948E38 #BCB54D #CDC779 #DDDAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCB54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB54D

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB54D	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca83',
    500: '#bcb54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb54d;
$custom-light: #d3ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75845,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB54D

secondary

#9A9DCB

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB54D

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

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