#BCB62D#BCB62D

#BCB62D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.149 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB62D
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -13.11, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 66.56, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0433 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.149 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9422, 44.3381, 9.0416)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB62D #2D33BC

analogous

#BC6F2D #BCB62D #7ABC2D

triadic

#BCB62D #2DBCB6 #B62DBC

tetradic

#BCB62D #2DBC6F #2D33BC #BC2D7A

square

#BCB62D #2DBC6F #2D33BC #BC2D7A

split-complementary

#BCB62D #2D7ABC #6F2DBC

monochromatic

#595615 #8B8621 #BCB62D #D5D051 #E1DD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB62D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BCB62D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB62D

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB62D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB62D	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb62d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.149 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb71',
    500: '#bcb62d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb62d;
$custom-light: #d4cb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb62d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75804,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB62D

secondary

#7B7ECA

accent

#4AE443

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB62D

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

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