#BCB63A#BCB63A

#BCB63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.141 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB63A
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -12.51, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 62.00, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0403 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2322, 44.4541, 10.5688)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB63A #3A40BC

analogous

#BC753A #BCB63A #81BC3A

triadic

#BCB63A #3ABCB6 #B63ABC

tetradic

#BCB63A #3ABC75 #3A40BC #BC3A81

square

#BCB63A #3ABC75 #3A40BC #BC3A81

split-complementary

#BCB63A #3A81BC #753ABC

monochromatic

#5E5B1D #8D892C #BCB63A #CFCA64 #DEDA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BCB63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB63A

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB63A	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb78',
    500: '#bcb63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb63a;
$custom-light: #d4cb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7589,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB63A

secondary

#898CC9

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB63A

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

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