#BCB62E#BCB62E

#BCB62E 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	#BCB62E
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -13.07, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 66.23, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0431 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.149 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9617, 44.3459, 9.1442)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB62E #2E34BC

analogous

#BC6F2E #BCB62E #7BBC2E

triadic

#BCB62E #2EBCB6 #B62EBC

tetradic

#BCB62E #2EBC6F #2E34BC #BC2E7B

square

#BCB62E #2EBC6F #2E34BC #BC2E7B

split-complementary

#BCB62E #2E7BBC #6F2EBC

monochromatic

#5A5716 #8B8622 #BCB62E #D5CF52 #E1DD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BCB62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB62E

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB62E	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)

#C6AF0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.149 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb72',
    500: '#bcb62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb62e;
$custom-light: #d4cb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7581,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB62E

secondary

#7C7FCA

accent

#4BE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB62E

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

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