#BCB63D#BCB63D

#BCB63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.139 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB63D
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -12.35, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 60.84, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0396 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.139 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3107, 44.4855, 10.9825)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB63D #3D43BC

analogous

#BC773D #BCB63D #83BC3D

triadic

#BCB63D #3DBCB6 #B63DBC

tetradic

#BCB63D #3DBC77 #3D43BC #BC3D83

square

#BCB63D #3DBC77 #3D43BC #BC3D83

split-complementary

#BCB63D #3D83BC #773DBC

monochromatic

#605D1F #8E892E #BCB63D #CEC968 #DDDA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BCB63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB63D

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB63D	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb79',
    500: '#bcb63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb63d;
$custom-light: #d3cb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75913,
    "c": 0.13929,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB63D

secondary

#8C8FC9

accent

#54DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB63D

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

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