#BCB63E#BCB63E

#BCB63E 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	#BCB63E
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -12.29, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 60.45, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0393 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.139 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3379, 44.4964, 11.1257)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB63E #3E44BC

analogous

#BC773E #BCB63E #83BC3E

triadic

#BCB63E #3EBCB6 #B63EBC

tetradic

#BCB63E #3EBC77 #3E44BC #BC3E83

square

#BCB63E #3EBC77 #3E44BC #BC3E83

split-complementary

#BCB63E #3E83BC #773EBC

monochromatic

#605D20 #8E892F #BCB63E #CEC96A #DDDA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BCB63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB63E

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB63E	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)

#C5AF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb7a',
    500: '#bcb63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb63e;
$custom-light: #d3cb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75921,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB63E

secondary

#8D90C9

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB63E

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

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